MEWWEĠ

Date of the work: 2014 Medium: Plexiglass, wax candles, viewing glasses, battery-operated motor Exhibition history: BirguFest’14 as part of Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture programme| Commissioned by the Valletta 2018 Foundation for BirguFest 2014 as part of the programme of activities leading to the eventual European Capital of Culture designation in Malta, the artist …

SOUVENIR

Dimensions: Handheld spherical glass jars with plastic screw-on lids Date of the work: 2011 Medium: Glass jars, wax, silicon, and indelible ink Exhibition history: Strada Stretta – Splendid Lounge Opening (2011); Trasparenza (2022) Souvenir, which Tabone produced for the reopening of the Splendid Hotel as an art venue at 74 Strait Street in Valletta in …

Temptation

Dimensions: Plexiglass 30cm3; glass mirror 30cm diameter approx. Date of the work: 2009 Medium: Plexiglass, mirror, apple, and spray paint Current location: Artist’s Collection Exhibition history: Earth Garden 2009; Malta Design Week at Lily Agius Gallery (2011); Trasparenza (2022) Temptation, was first presented as an outdoor installation during the 2009 Earth Garden festival at the …

RED LEAF

Dimensions: TBC Date of the work: 2013 Medium: Steel and spray paint Current location: President’s Sculpture Garden Permanent Collection, Verdala Palace, Rabat, Malta Displaying versatility in both style and subject matter, Tabone took on a commission to produce permanent outdoor seating works from the President of Malta’s Verdala Sculpture Garden in Buskett, Rabat, in 2014. …

A DAZZEL ESCAPE

Dimensions: Plaster body cast 170cm tall; resin body cast 170 cm tall Date of the work: 2010 Medium: Plaster, lace, and resin Exhibition history: Deception (2010); Trasparenza (2022) Condition of the work: remains held in a bespoke plexiglass box from 2022, exhibited as Ġilda. A Dazzle Escape was one of six works in a collective …

Isqini

Dimensions: 91cm x 60cm Date of the work: 2023 Medium: Lightbox, ink print on transparent membrane Exhibition history: Prestorjha (2023) Poetry is very present in Tabone’s life and works. While she has never explicitly presented herself as a poet in public contexts, her visual art works have both used written poetry as an element within …

Reverse Nostalgia

Date of the work: 2018/2019 Medium: Plexiglass and indelible ink Exhibition history: Open site-specific performance installation on limestone structure at Ordinance Street corner with Republic Street, Valletta (2018) and at The Mill, Gabriel Caruana Foundation (series of 5) *Note: A limited edition of laser etchings have been created by the artist from each item in …