The Exhibition that was "Xebgha Nies"

The Second Exhibition was also held at ST James Cavalier near the one of “Eccentricks”. The name of the exhibition was “Xebgha Nies”; it was about a collective exhibition of nine Maltese artists. From pen and ink to watercolour and oil paintings. There was also ceramic work, bronze and mixed media.

The subject of this exhibition was portraiture, the work could have been created from their own original and unique ideas, such as interesting characters.

If we take a close look at Moira Zahra`s drawing, called “downtown, we notice that the drawing is showing a woman walking with a reddish umbrella. It was made with mixed media and she tried to give importance to the woman by giving it colour. The background is made all with shading.

The drawing "downtown" by Moira Zahra.

Another religious element that Saviour`s show from his work was marvellous and interesting. His subject was about Christian iconography, the drawing that I saw catchy was “the last supper”. For this painting Saviour used oil on canvas and the importance of this drawing was on Jesus.  

"The Last Supper" by Saviour Baldacchino.

Steve Bonello shows an unbelievable work that was done with a pen and ink drawings. Although on the drawing that I liked the most, he uses polychrome colours. This drawing is called “In-Nemmiesa” and he did not use a lot of vibrant colours but he gave the importance to the lady by drawing two men who are looking at her. If I can see i think that he was influenced by pointillism.

"In-Nemmiesa" by Steve Bonello.

Another Artist that impressed me was Andrew Diacono and his most wonderful sculpture was “Man on penny farthing” which is made with mixed media. This sculpture was a man riding a bike which has a big wheel on the front and a smaller one at the back. I liked the texture that he is showing on the fat man.

"Man on penny farthing" by Andrew Diacono.

The other artist that inspired me most was Paul Scerri, this is because his work was different from that of the others and used ceramic to create the sculpture. The most interesting one was “The Braggart- opens your mind before your mouth”. It was amazingly done by using vibrant glazes on this form of a boy which has his mind open. By the boys open mind, Scerri is showing light and made some detail on his hands. 

"The Baggart" by Paul Scerri.

There were more artists who exhibited their work but the most powerful and interesting for me are the ones above. These powerful works had also different formal elements in there work such as Vibrant colours, tone, light, shading, texture etc.