Ten local artists have come together for the second time this year in aid of LifeCycle Foundation. Since 1999, the foundation has set up the Lifecycle challenge in aid of the Renal Unit.

The participating cyclists have to cover the gruelling distance of 2,000km in just 10 days in one of the most difficult long-distance challenges held worldwide.

The proceeds of the challenge go to donate vital equipment to the renal unit to help end-stage renal patients.

Nineteen works by 10 artists – Lino Borg, Austin Camilleri, Pawl Carbonaro, Justin Falzon, Ryan Falzon, Luciano Micallef, Richard Saliba, Jesmond Vassallo, John Vassallo and Robert Zahra – are on display.

Luciano Micallef’s vibrantly coloured silkscreen prints, Mdina and Fort St Angelo, transmit all the freshness of the original pen drawings.

Pawl Carbonaro’s townscape of Grande Amalfi seems to be slowly emerging from the mist. Using the aquatint process, the artist created a sense of distance and mystery through subtle gradations of colour.

Austin Camilleri’s contribution is an etching showing a study for the controversial Żieme sculpture.

Ir-Ramla f’Diċembru, Jesmond Vassallo’s rendition of a local seascape, projects the freshness of a sketch executed en plein air, but with the characteristic abstraction typical of the artist.

Grande Amalfi, Pawl Carbonaro.

Richard Saliba’s Gozitan Landscape presents gently undulating fields in varying shades of green, complemented by a transparent blue sky. Artist and Model explores the theme of the relationship between the artist and his model, as well as the duality of the latter, shown in both her real form and painted version.

Deadly sins are the exciting themes of Justin Falzon’s etchings Luxuri and Invidia.

Curvaceous and suggestive shapes are clawed out of the copper plate and take form as the ink is smeared into the gouges.

Ryan Falzon uses the linocut technique, a modern version of the woodcut. Duality and Pain of Sorts invoke old images of Passion of Christ themes.

Using a few bold lines engraved into the copper plate, Lino Borg created the Nude, which recalls classic statues in its pose and showcases his drawing skills.

In Mkejjen 1 and Mkejjen 2, Robert Zahra explores the themes of people in movement, while John Vassallo’s Omaġġ, inspired by the self-portraits and work of Antoine Camilleri, is a touching acknowledgement of the influence of an older artist.

In Burdell, the artist unexpectedly presents the Mosta church juxtaposed against a structure littered with tiny figures in various poses.

The exhibition pays homage to the traditional and more modern printing techniques employed to produce these pieces.

The exhibition runs until July 17 at Wignacourt Museum, Rabat.

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