Where to get your art fix in Malta in September and October
Around the island in art.
THE GOLD OF MALTA: MARTINE RIGAUD-BUSUTTIL
18.08.2022
Until 7 September 2022
The Gold of Malta (L’Or De Malte / Id-Deheb ta’ Malta) is an exhibition of sketches and paintings created when the artist Martine Rigaud-Busuttil spent one year with the Maltese lace-makers of the Malta Society of Arts at the time of COVID-19.
Where: Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo de La Salle, 219 Republic Street, Valletta
SHADOWS AND LIGHT: THE WILFRED AND FLORES ARCHIVES
29.10.2022
Until 22nd November 2022
Wilfrid Flores (1912-1981) ’s photographic work needs to be seen within the context of its time from around the late 1920’s until his death in 1981. A master of his craft and an inventive and technically skilled darkroom printer his contribution to photography in Malta cannot be overstated.His intention was not to document Malta (as many others were doing) but to go beyond the document towards a more contemplative reading of his photographs. By doing so he left us a testament of a time in Maltese history. His quasi-romantic relation to nature speaks to us of a calm and serenity that in today’s world is all but lost. His empathy for the people he photographed, and for the human condition as a whole, raises uncomfortable questions about our own society that has veered towards an obsessive exaltation of the self. Curated by David Pisani
Where: Christine X Art Gallery, Sliema, 17, Tigne Street, Sliema, SLM 3141
GROUNDWATERS: OUTSIDER PERSPECTIVES AND VISIONS OF ELSEWHERE
30.09.2022
Until 19th November 2022
The search for raw art, untouched by the corrupting effects of culture, led the artist and art-historian Jean Debuffet to collect, under the heading Art Brut, work made by artists who were outside the established art world. GROUNDWATERS will bring together a collection of artworks and objects made by a similar group of outsider individuals living and working in Malta. GROUNDWATERS will investigate the work’s unique aesthetic logic as well as stories of pain, hope, survival and strength. The exhibition will also include ex-voto paintings, African Fetish dolls and other objects which have their roots in religion, magic and ritual.
Where: Valletta Contemporary 15, 16, 17 East Street Valletta, VLT 1253
THE RICHARD ELLIS ARCHIVE – DEPICTING MALTA FOR 150 YEARS
9.09.2022
Until 23rd October 2022
The Richard Ellis Archive consists of 39,000+ glass negatives documenting the period in Malta and Gozo between 1861 and 1938.
They have been digitised in archival-grade quality for the first time in their history, and this is the first time they are being printed, the print being the ultimate repository of the photographic process. 30 prints of huge detailed dimensions will be exhibited, allowing the public to experience the depiction of Malta and Gozo as they were 150 years ago for the first time in the archive history, from reaching Malta through the naval aspects of the Grand Harbour to entering the urban fabric of Valletta and Sliema as opposed to the extremely rural fabric of the rest of the country.
Where: Space C, Spazju Kreattiv, Pjazza Kastilja Pope Pius V Street Il-Belt Valletta, VLT 1030
PASOLINI 100
September 7th and 8th
Pasolini 100 is a worldwide endeavour, celebrating 100 years since Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth. This initiative is being organised by the Department of Italian, the Master of Arts in Film Studies of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta.
The project is co-sponsored by Shadeena Entertainment Ltd, Sajjetta, Kukumajsa Productions Ltd, Falkun Films and Nizza Films and is being curated by Francesca Zammit.
Thanks to their generous sponsors, these events are being made available free of charge, however given the limited capacity available, it is advisable to book online by sending an email to: richard.gambin@um.edu.mt Admission 16+
Where: Bibljoteka Nazzjonali ta’ Malta, Valletta
BELLOUM IN MUNDUM
Until 11th September 2022
A new series of paintings by Tonio Mallia reimagines a world shaken beyond its tipping point, where the tensions between the human and natural world are no longer at play, and beauty has devolved into war.
Where: MUŻA – The National Community Art Museum, Valletta
THE CAPPUCINO BRIGADE
02.10.2022
Until 16th September 2022
An exhibition of new witty cartoon-like watercolour paintings by Debbie Caruana Dingli at the Palm Court Lounge, The Phoenicia Malta, that turn a spotlight on the people of Malta.‘The Cappuccino Brigade’ will be open throughout the month of September at The Palm Court Lounge, The Phoenicia Malta and is curated by Dr Charlene Vella.
Where: The Phoenicia Malta, Floriana
