ART INTERRUPTED

A collective exhibition exploring the Non-Finito

Participating Artists:
Mario Abela, Alex Attard, Aaron Bezzina, Daniel Borg, Gabriel Buttigieg, Debbie Caruana Dingli, Antoine Farrugia and Darren Tanti

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“I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically.” – Yoko Ono

The excitement generated by abandoned, interrupted, or deliberately uncompleted art is so powerful that a stylistic choice known as the Non-Finito, the cult of unfinishedness, was created.

Various reasons abound as to why artworks are left unfinished whether deliberate or not. Artists may abandon an artwork to move on to another project to remain inspired or because interest is lost in a particular piece. An artwork can be left unfinished for the artist to make a statement or due to other circumstances which may be totally beyond the control of the artist, such as an untimely death. Another reason is when consciously the artist decides to leave the work unfinished, in order to involve the viewer more.

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Art does not need to look finished to be complete and meaningful.

The Non-Finito holds an element of fascination, allure and intrigue where the viewer must rely on one’s creative imagination to complete the artwork.

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Il-Kamra ta’ Fuq will be hosting a collective exhibition by selected artists focusing on the theme of incomplete art.

The exhibition is curated by Melanie Erixon for Art Sweven.

Dates: 19th March – 17th April
At il-Kamra ta’ Fuq