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May 19

REMEMBER / DISMEMBER – Chapter 1

May 19, 2023 - June 18, 2023

REMEMBER / DISMEMBER – Chapter 1
By Darren Tanti
Opening on 19th May from 7pm onwards 🥂

This project is an offshoot from a concept explored in previous bodies of work created by the artist in the past. It is about his relationship, as an artist and art-passionate, to historical artworks and the possibilities that lie within the reinterpretation (/playfulness) of these artworks. The main exercise within this exhibition is to explore his memory and see how he can ‘build an artwork’ from memory. Even though in his artistic practice he relies a great deal on visual memory, he was really surprised to find out how difficult it was to ‘recreate’ artworks from memory alone. This lead him to extract the generic picture from his mind and transfer it on canvas/clay in a very abstracted way – primarily focusing on colour, composition, light, and shade. Afterward, he would superimpose an accurate depiction (or at least selected parts) of the actual painting/sculpture onto the abstractions. This process revealed an interesting insight into his ability to recall a historical artwork – one would find correct use of colour and composition, wrong assumption, interesting coincidences, and new possibilities. Eventually, the body of work evolved into incorporating new compositions within the depictions of historical artworks – thus creating other variables that would in turn challenge the audience’s ability to recall the historical artwork and point out the ‘false’ depictions.

🕖 Opening hours:
Mondays – Saturdays: 6am – noon
Sundays: 7am – noon
📣 More evening hours will be announced weekly.

⭐️ Thank you to our sponsors: New Life Bar – Mqabba, Culture Venture, Beati Paoli Restaurant, iLab, Ghigo medical supplies and Best Print Malta.

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