I found the rather long explanation on video by the artist unconvincing. I reckon if you have to emphasis simplicity and witter on about the hidden meaning in each brush stroke you are stretching the margins of artistic endeavour a little too thin. Looking carefully at each one I searched for what I could find and came up with very little.
Moving onto the galleries upstairs I really enjoyed the photo display on exhibition. I urge all who haven't been to check it out before it goes. To entice you I am showing a few with my own captions (apologies to wonderful photographers whose work this really is).
Running down sand dunes with kites is something only kids think of doing - but we all should.
Some photographs are so good they become paintings in our heads.
You can never have enough colours.
A whole new meaning to the expression, "The train was packed this morning!"
Transporting nuclear warheads in an ecologically sound manner. (only joking)
Why are you looking at me? it is purely circumstantial evidence, I am totally innocent.
Leaving the galleries I am confronted with the beautiful square outside and wonder why someone thought it a good idea to put a pillar with what looks like part of someone's colon on top! (see white monstrosity on black stone underneath) There are some modern art sculptures that seem criminal in their ugliness. The surrounding beauty serves to only stress its hideousness.
On leaving Valetta through its main gates I check out an exhibition in the Parliament Building on diversity and loved the Maltese children's take on this topic. Their pure hearted expressions won me over completely and filled me with hope for the future of us all.
