Assimilated Spaces

On the 30th of May, us artists at the Xarolla Windmill shall be opening our first exhibition for this year.

The works to be shown during “Assimilated Spaces” are a result of direct observation of tangible spaces. Much of the work on display is based on the reactions and relations present, or absent, within the context of space.

“Assimilated Spaces” aims to explore the intersection between real and imaginative spaces, and how these are interpreted by the participant artists. The process by which the works were created was an exercise in analysing surrounding and imaginative environments.  The work attempts to reassess and re-qualify our relation to everyday space, most of which are often looked over.

Drawings by Andrea Zerafa and paintings by Ryan Falzon are presenting an assimilation of tangible spaces, created in a personal and expressive manner.  Zerafa would be exhibiting a series of small ink and wash drawings which were all done on site, in this case at the University of Malta.  These drawings portrait an interaction between the area within a classroom and students; it is about capturing a fleeing moment.  Falzon’s works are on a similar wavelength, where urban spaces are going to be presented on a parallel level with activities that can only be executed within a built environment.  Collage and painting are the main techniques used here, combined together to create colourful but somehow discomforting works, mostly due to the undercurrent themes found within the works, themes such as the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, the Vietnam war, traffic accidents and chronic solitude, among others.

Detail from "Pig Platz ist Uber Hip", one of my works to be shown during Assimilated Spaces

Sabrina Calleja Jackson is presenting two works, executed in oil on canvas.  The space explored here is more on a personal level, space that is visualized through soap bubbles. These bubbles represent ephemeral happiness, a happiness floating within the boundaries of the canvas.  The works are done in an elegant, clean manner, where the light background and overblown bubbles clearly demands the attention of the viewer.

 The works by Gabriel Buttigieg consists of five profiles of the same model, done in conte crayons.  The model is existing within a confined space, with the boundaries between the subject and background being blurred due to the rough working manner of the artist.  The fragility and elegance of the design push further this idea.  Sarah Maria Scicluna‘s works were created out of exploration of space in relation to the shapes in use, mainly being concerned with composition and how it can be displayed. She will be presenting four pieces executed in silk screen technique.  Her works, just like those from Calleja Jackson, are clean and minimal, existing on a plain surface.

This event is done in collaboration with Zurrieq Local Council.

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