A cultural event featuring, as its protagonist, the renowned Italian artist Giorgio Celiberti, will involve the islands of Malta and Gozo from May 9th to June 10th 2012.

The exhibition “Più forte del tempo” / “Stronger than Time” will actually be located in two strategic places of great historical, cultural and symbolic interest, namely Valletta, at the Palace of the Chancellery in St. George’s Square, at the Italian Cultural Institute and in Victoria, at the Citadel, in the main bastion, within the exhibition area Cittadella Area Office of Heritage Malta.

The exhibition course will allow visitors to take an imaginary journey into the artistic production of Giorgio Celiberti, a versatile artist known above all for his sculptures and his pictorial works of great bite and a strong suggestion.

The subdivision of the exhibition in the two venues will see the display in Valletta of great pictorial works executed with different modes of expression peculiar to the Italian Maestro, ranging from mixed media and acrylics to frescoes, accompanied by a small group of steles made of aluminium; the works on display in Victoria, on the other hand, will be graphic works made with different engraving techniques and large aluminium steles that will furnish the main bastion of the Citadel. The works on display in Victoria will be an integral part of the events planned for the Gozitan nights scheduled on 18-19-20 May 2012.

The event, to be curated by Mr. Anselmo Villata, enjoys the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Malta, the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta, the Ministry for Gozo and Heritage Malta, is promoted and organised by the National Institute of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with the publishing house Verso l’Arte.

For the occasion, Verso L’Arte will publish a catalogue of 96 pages, in full colour, with reproductions of the exhibited works, along with the critical text written by the curator, the introductory texts by the Ambassador of Italy in Malta, Mr. Luigi Marras, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta, Mr. Bruno Busetti as well as by the local authorities.

The Gozitan leg will be opened on Thursday, May the 10th, at 6:30 pm, at the exhibition space Cittadella Area Office of Heritage Malta, Victoria and on the main bastion. It will remain open to the public until June the 10th.

Opening time: Victoria: Monday – Saturday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Friday May 18th and Saturday May 19th from 7 p.m. – 12 a.m.

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