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Requiem (from 'The Beach' series) Painting
Malta
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 78 W x 53 H x 1 D in
About The Artwork
'Most of this body of work happens in a very peculiar place, one that is heterotopic as well as marginal, and is imbued with this particular identity of the ambiguous in-between. Similar to Virginia Woolf’s love for the sea, Gabriel’s conceptual phase starts at the seaside. Furthermore, he sites many of his canvases on a beach, precisely at the edge where the water meets the land. The liminal space of the beach provides the spectacle so important in the artist’s visual and psychological working process. Through its alternative set of societal rules, the beachis probably the only public place that permits the instinctive, quasi animalistic facets of the human species to manifest themselves without inhibition. It is also a place of liberation and release, often providing a safe sanctuary from the tensions of everyday life. The beach therefore,does not just act as the backdrop for the artist’s paintings in this exhibition, it is the haven which provides him with safe refuge from the torment of his own thought.' Being-on-the-Beach by Prof. Vince Briffa
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:78 W x 53 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Gabriel Buttigieg (b. 1993) is a prolific visual artist based in Malta, whose creative range spans from drawing and printmaking, to large-scale paintings. His artwork reflects primordial themes, often conceptualised within a Mediterranean or tribal context. Over the years, a gradual development has become evident in his art, which has moved from raw and provocative images of the body, apparent in his exhibitions such as ‘Paintings’ (MT), ‘Nudes’ (MT) and ‘The Droplet’ series (MT) to the existential depictions displayed in ‘Saudade’ (MT) and ‘The Beach’ (PL/MT). In his forthcoming exhibitions and projects in Italy, France, The Netherlands, and the UK, Buttigieg will explore the depths of decadence, and the ecstasy linked with mythic creatures. In ‘Darkness at Noon’ (MT), the artist links the human with the animal, encouraging reflection on who, or what, is actually bestial. Buttigieg is also currently focusing on classical and divine underpinnings, as is evident in “Agnus Dei”, part of the collective exhibition ‘{v}’ (MT).
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