Join us for a final special curator tour of Nisġa: Storja Kontemporanja which will be accompanied by a catalogue presentation, this Saturday at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta, starting from 10:30am.

Copies of the exhibition catalogue, published by Midsea Books, will be available for sale for the price of €15. The tour will be led by curators Sandro Debono and Irene Biolchini. The exhibition closes its doors on Sunday 4th November 2018.

Can the Maltese artist be defined? … is there a preference for particular topics or themes? … and does the nation come into this definition?

A team of curators and creatives have come together to present the complex and multifaceted identity of the Maltese artist. Twentieth century works of art from public and private collections, including works in traditional media juxtaposed against video art, have been carefully chosen to create meaningful dialogues. Works on display include key pieces, some of which have rarely been on display or mostly known through books.

This celebration of the Maltese artist’s identity builds on the choice of artists published in the book ‘Malta: Six Modern Artists’ (1991), five of whom were from Valletta. The story narrated here is but a weave of themes between traditional and contemporary, modern and classical.

Artists in this exhibition include: Carmelo Mangion, Darren Tanti, Patrick Dalli, Victor Agius, Pierre Portelli, Harry Alden, Anton Agius, Gabriel Caruana, Austin Camilleri, George Preca, Vincent Apap, Alfred Chircop, Norbert Attard, Isabelle Borg, Frank Portelli, Vince Briffa, Raymond Pitrè, Josef Kalleya, George Fenech and Ruth Bianco.

The exhibition is jointly curated by Sandro Debono and Irene Biolchini, and designed by Nigel Baldacchino.

Nisġa: Storja Kontemporanja forms part of the Valletta 2018 and Spazju Kreattiv Programmes.
Valletta 2018 Premium Partners: General Soft Drinks Co. Ltd., Coca Cola, Bavaria and Bank of Valletta