OAR@UM Community:/library/oar/handle/123456789/87592025-12-26T13:06:26Z2025-12-26T13:06:26ZVisions of the self through our heritage and its future/library/oar/handle/123456789/851952021-12-06T10:47:37Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Visions of the self through our heritage and its future
Abstract: Artists always sought to capture
nature in their work and express
the perceptions of the socio-ecopolitical
climate of the time. In his
recent collection of paintings, Fabio
Borg provides a moral and symbolic
understanding of the social condition
of what surrounds him and depicts
the spiritual significance of nature in
its context today.
His latest collection signifies the
harmony of the topographical
landscapes and a sort of apocalyptic
and dramatic interpretation of our
local architecture and rural areas in
Malta. This is achieved through the
use of bold contrasting colours and
chiaroscuro. We mainly judge Borg’s
paintings for their formal aesthetic
qualities but there is more than that.
The artist proposes landscapes not
just for viewing the beauty of our
priceless natural and built heritage,
but also as a reminder that they are
in danger of being lost. In a number
of his paintings one can see the
traditional Maltese facade with the
typical colourful wooden balconies,
rustic doors and narrow streets, which as we know are being replaced
with concrete and steels structures.2021-01-01T00:00:00ZThe archetypal paintings of Victor Pasmore/library/oar/handle/123456789/851942021-12-06T10:46:32Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: The archetypal paintings of Victor Pasmore
Abstract: A lecture by Dr Louis Lagana, entitled 'The Archetypal Paintings of Victor Pasmore'. The event was organised by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti in collaboration with the Central Bank of Malta, the Victor Pasmore Foundation and Palazzo Falson.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZNadine Micallef-Grimaud : Echo of my Soul/library/oar/handle/123456789/850362021-12-03T08:44:22Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Nadine Micallef-Grimaud : Echo of my Soul
Abstract: Nadine
Micallef-Grimaud
is
an
artist
who
literally
lives
art.
She
studied
art
under
the
tutorship
of
her
father,
Aldo,
and
attended
courses
in
painting
at
the
Malta
Society
of
Arts
and
other
foreign
institutions.
At
the
age
of
ten
she
won
her
first
important
art
prize
in
the
Fifth
World
School
Children’s
Art
Exhibition
held
in
Taiwan,
Republic
of
China.
Later
in
life,
Nadine
was
awarded
many
prizes
at
international
level
and
has
registered
a
notable
success
in
countries
like
Durban
in
South
Africa,
England
and
Belgium.
She
also
attained
a
coveted
major
award
known
as
the
Season’s
Award
in
Boston,
U.S.A.
The
artist
is
also
the
holder
of
La
Medaglia
d’Oro
by
the
Accademia
del
Mediterraneao,
a
gold
medal
by
the
Malta
Horticultural
Society,
and
a
Gold
Ribbon
in
Canada.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZEncounter with the ‘stones’Lagana, Louis/library/oar/handle/123456789/850302021-12-03T08:38:56Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Encounter with the ‘stones’
Authors: Lagana, Louis
Abstract: Eva-Gesine Wegner is a German sculptress who visits Malta frequently and works mostly in stone, wood and clay. She connects the architecture of the Maltese Neolithic temples with the body of the goddesses’ statuettes. Wagner also relates her personal emotions and spirituality with that of the temples. Her sculptures reflect the sense of lineage the artist held as a female and her response to Mother Nature. Most of her works convey the spiritual aspects of fertility, life and death.2018-01-01T00:00:00Z