Marco "ERRE" Remirez has pulled out of a planned retrospective of his work at Tijuana's CECUT, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Sunday. The move was the latest salvo in an ongoing debate among the arts community in TJ over the appointment of the (federal) center's new director, Virgilio Muñoz. Sandra Dibble has details, suggesting the dispute reflects the scene's growing maturity.
ERRE's retrospective would have been a milestone on several levels, and would have traveled to Mexico City. Mike Davis was preparing a text for the catalogue. Now the show's future is uncertain, but let's hope it lands somewhere. ERRE is the most prominent contemporary artist working in Tijuana, famed for his "Trojan Horse" installation at the San Ysidro international border crossing during inSITE '97, seen above.