The human clay – plenty of people
Xebgħa Nies 2 ‒ The Human Clay opened earlier this month and runs until Thursday.
The exhibition at the Malta Society of Arts will feature works by eight local artists united by friendship and a common interest in people and the human figure. It is the second collective exhibition by this group of established artists, which includes Paul Scerri, Debbie Caruana Dingli, Kenneth Zammit Tabona, Steve Bonello, Francesca Balzan, Saviour Baldacchino, Marisa Attard and Andrew Diacono.
The group is mainly linked by friendship and past collaboration, and remains committed to looking at people as an inspiration for their work. Loosely translated from the Maltese language as ‘plenty of people’, the phrase Xebgħa Nies is both a reference to the collective itself, as well as an endearing way to address the men and women who appear in their works of art.
[attach id=808549 size="medium" align="right" type="image"]Marisa Attard, Ma Belle, acrylic and collage, 2019[/attach]
The first Xebgħa Nies exhibition took place in February 2014 at St James Cavalier with nine participating artists. Since then the line-up has seen some minor changes, and the group is now made up of eight artists who will be...