White Memory – 1989/2018 Art in Malta and Poland is an exhibition that revolves around ties between Malta and Poland and the search for identity in the present. Curated by Irene Biolchini and Marinella Paderni, it will be on display until Sunday at St James Cavalier.

White is the colour of purity but it is also the colour used to cancel, to erase, thus presenting the leitmotiv of this exhibition.

On display are works by three generations of Polish artists which reflect a two-way movement between past and future, between cultural heritage and the invention of a new art, an aesthetic self-expression that is a symbol of Poland today.

In the same way, three Maltese generations are called to confront each other in the spaces of the exhibition. Thesegenerations are represented by the modernist generation, which achieved artistic maturity before Independence; the generation that grew up artistically in the Republic; and the youngest generation that started to work while Malta was entering the EU.

The theme of identity is perceived as one of the fundamentals of contemporary art and culture. The definition of identity, in fact, urges a definition and a reflection upon the European collective memory and history, especially in relation to events happening between the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st.

This project is supported by Arts Council Malta and the Polish Institute in Rome and endorsed by the Valletta 2018 Foundation.

The exhibition runs until Sunday at Space A, C1 – C4 and Spot B at St James Cavalier, Valletta.