Exhibition

Title of exhibition: Xebgha Nies

Date visited: 25^th February 2014

Name of artists: Debbie Caruana Dingli, Andrew Diacono, Marisa Attard, Steve Bonello, Moira Zarha, Mark Scicluna, Paul Scerri, Saviour Baldacchino, Kenneth Zammit Tabona.

 Name of artwork: 'Backstage' by Moira Zahra

In this painting the artist used different medias such as pencils, Indian ink and watercolours which are very interesting to use them all together as we can see in this painting. The main focus in this painting is on the woman’s figure because of the colour. The painting has a contrast between warm and cold colours. As we can see the woman is looking at herself in a mirror. The room looks like a huge mess because there are drawers opened and much more things placed around randomly. Two things that you will notice are the cat behind the mirror and the huge spider on the mirror. The painting is unrealistic because the spider couldn’t be that large in reality and the perspective and proportions aren’t real.

 Name of artwork: 'In-nemmiesa' by Steve Bonello

This painting is done by technical pens, coloured inks and polychrome Medias. This is showing two men stalking a lady from her behind and she is aware of them and looks annoyed. The mood in this painting is calm. It is showing a typical Maltese country side with a chapel in the back. Its style looks like animation and also has an old style as you can see from their clothes. The colour of this painting is very light. The people in the painting are unrealistic.

 Name of art work: 'Clown' by Andrew Diacono

This sculpture is made out of different Medias. It is very unrealistic because the proportions of the figure are not right. This is showing an unusual clown dancing and balancing something on his huge nose, and he is trying to be funny. The mood in this sculpture is funny and sad at the same time because the colours are very dull which aren’t showing happiness. The message of this sculpture is that a clown is very funny for the audience but from the inside he might be sad, and that shows that some of us are usually like that, the appearance is not everything.

Name of artwork: 'Family' by Andrew Diacono

This artwork is a relief on wood.  It is a family portrait but made in a sarcastic way because the figures aren’t proportioned. This family consists of mother and father, four children and a baby. I think that it is showing obesity. Its colours are dull and it has a lot of outlined lines to look cartoonish. The mood of this relief is calm.

Name of artwork: 'Pride of George' by Saviour Baldacchino 

The artist used mixed media on board for this painting. This painting is a bit colourful and has a contrast between the red and the whole background. The mood of this painting is aggressiveness. It is also showing victory against the enemy.