Speed as artistic virtue
Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti (FPM) consistently puts on regular well-researched exhibitions that are intriguing whether they are set up on a large scale or in a more intimate context. Whatever the case, they manage to generate a lot of interest on the object or theme of choice that becomes the exhibition's focus. This is always possible through the team's unwavering enthusiasm for investigation and apt display of objets d'art.
The ongoing exhibition at Palazzo Falson is the sixth in a series, but it is the first that has been entrusted to a guest curator. It is also different in that the focus of this exhibition did not stem from an artefact that belonged to Olof Gollcher. Rather, the subject matter was left up to the guest curator who selected the theme that was to be explored.
The result is a collaboration between FPM and the head of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Malta, Professor Keith Sciberras. The selected theme centres on artistic dexterity when coupled with furore or speed, that is, the selection fell on art works that display confidence with the medium and the artist's experience.
The theme is embedded in a historic tradition in which an...
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