Art celebrates Italy’s Unification
Emvin Cremona, Esprit Barthet, Vincent Apap, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Gabriel Caruana and Ġanni Bonnici are leading names representative of the most exciting periods of Maltese art when the country was waking up to “modern art” in the 1960s and 1970s. Add...
Emvin Cremona, Esprit Barthet, Vincent Apap, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Gabriel Caruana and Ġanni Bonnici are leading names representative of the most exciting periods of Maltese art when the country was waking up to “modern art” in the 1960s and 1970s.
Add to those, other artists like Luciano Micallef, Pawl Carbonaro, Harry Alden and Ray Pitre, or even Carmelo Mangion and the constellation of leading lights shines even brighter.
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA), a voluntary group working to raise awareness of Maltese heritage, has brought these names together to showcase a unique collection of artworks.
FAA is celebrating Italo-Maltese artistic links on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Italian Unification with this exhibition titled Red, White … and Green, which is being inaugurated by the Ambassador of Italy to Malta Luigi Marras tomorrow at the Italian Cultural Institute, St George’s Square, Valletta.
Other artists with links to Italy include Richard Saliba, Richard England, Mary de Piro, John Martin Borg and Zoe Chomarat; these complete the Malta collection while well-known Italian artists like Franco Matania and Gero Urso make this a veritable artistic feast not to be missed.
All profits from the exhibition will go to help FAA in the setting up of a Malta culture and heritage website which will document Malta’s history, art, architecture and culture to encourage students to appreciate their heritage. This website will also serve to attract cultural tourists to Malta.
The exhibition will be open from Monday till December 8.Opening hours: weekdays from 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 to 5 p.m.; Thursdays till 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m.