'The Spirit of an Island' is the title of an Exhibition that took place in Frankfurt, Germany organised by the European Central Bank with the collaboration of the Malta Central Bank.

Two Gozitan artists, photographer Daniel Cilia and sculptor Joe Xuereb participated in this Exhibition labelled as 'photography and sculpture in dialogue,' which was curated by Prof. Joe Friggieri.

A full colour brochure was printed about the works on display and presented to all the guests that visited the exhibition.

The vernissage of the exhibition took place on 18th November 2015, at the AusstellungsHalle and was very well attended with around 200 guests filling the exhibition venue.

An introductory welcoming speech was delivered by Ms Helga E. Meister, Head of Protocol, Directorate General Communications of European Central Bank, followed by Dr. Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz who gave a detailed art critique about the two Gozitan artists' works on display in Frankfurt.

The Exhibition got some very good reviews among them a report written by Christoph Schütte that featured on the issue of 24th November 2015 of the 'Frankfurter Allgemeine' which is one of the leading newspapers in Germany.

For Ghajnsielem based sculptor Joe Xuereb, this was his thirteenth Exhibition held in Germany over the past 20 years.

This Exhibition was part of the 'Cultural Days – 2015 Malta' an extensive programme of cultural events being presented in Frankfurt am Main that comprises artistic performances, ranging from music, dance and theatre to art exhibitions and literary events.

Photo: from left: Dr. Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz giving her speech, looking on sculptor Joe Xuereb, photographer Daniel Cilia, and Helga E. Meister from the ECB

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