Date of the work: 2018 Medium: Plexiglass Exhibition history: Trasparenza (2022) Three chunky oval transparent plexiglass pieces can be (re)assembled as desired. This is possible because as they are not attached to each other but can easily slot into each other through thick groves cut into half of one side on each piece. Because of …
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Date of the work: 2018 Medium: Plexiglass and site-specific performance Exhibition history: Open site-specific performance installation on limestone structure at Ordinance Street corner with Republic Street, Valletta (2018) As you enter the Baroque city of Valletta, walking through the re-imagined majestic entrance designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, you’ll find the ruins of the …
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Dimensions: Saffi – 28cm x 22cm x 12cm / Saffii – 28cm x 32cm x 32cm Date of the work: 2017 Medium: Plexiglass Exhibition history: Trasparenza (2022) Saffi is a series of works that to date consists of two works. However, it is very likely that other works will be augmented to this series in …
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Dimensions: 24cm x 8cm x 20 cm Date of the work: 2017 Medium: Plexiglass Exhibition history: Malta Parliament (2017); Ministry of Gozo (2018); Malta International Airport Skyparks (2018); Trasparenza (2022) Where Flowers Bloom So Does Hope is a delicate example of Enrique Tabone’s work with translucent materials that exploring shapes from nature. Through the interplay …
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Dimensions: 85cm x 22cm x 11cm Date of the work: 2017 Medium: Plexiglass Exhibition history: Buon Giorno Cermica – Gabriel Caruana Foundation (2017); Malta Parliament (2017); Ministry of Gozo (2018); Malta International Airport Skyparks (2018); Trasparenza (2022) The work of Antonio Sciortino has its imprint, either directly or indirectly, on the work of many Maltese …
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Duration: 3 mins 45 secs Date of the work: 2016 Medium: Single-channel video with stereo sound Exhibition history: 3rd Istanbul Design Biennale (2016) *co-created with Jenny Mercieca While Wild Flower is just as much a fashion film as much as it is a work of video art, this marks the first time that Tabone has …
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Medium: Plexiglass Current location: Spazju Kreattiv Art Collection Exhibition history: VIVA (2017) – as an adjunct to Naħla, Art+Feminism 2019: Works from the Fondazzjoni Kreattività Permanent Collection Owing to the way things developed around Naħla, they can be seen as remains from the original work, and have been presented as such, even if they were …
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Dimensions: 61cm x 17cm x 10cm Date of the work: 2018/2019 Medium: Plexiglass Exhibition history: Trasparenza (2022) *created from remains of NAĦLA Roses are bittersweet flowers. They look and smell wonderful, but their thorns can cut you badly. The same goes for bees, whose honey is delicious and their pollination actually essential to the propagation …
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Dimensions: 2m x 2m x 1m approx. Date of the work: 2017 Medium: Plexiglass Current location: Wings held in Spazju Kreattiv Art Collection, Other remains of work: held in Artist’s Collection and Private Collections Exhibition history: VIVA – Valletta International Visual Arts Festival 2017; Trasparenza (2022) severed head exhibited as Ras in-Naħla *Condition of the …
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