A Conversation With Artists: R Gallery Hosting Discussion Night On Latest Collective Exhibition
R Gallery is hosting its third edition of R Talks to give the public an opportunity to discuss the current collective exhibition with the artists themselves.
On Monday 19th December, the public will be able to discuss the exhibition’s works with the artists who will all be present, moderated by one of the brains behind the gallery, Sam Vassallo.
The latest exhibition, the first collective one for the new gallery, was launched on 12th December, titled AWOL, curated by French artist Julien Vinet.
Its subject matter touches upon different interpretations of absence without leave, as told by international contemporary artists Maxine Attard, Charlie Cauchi, Romeo Roxman Gatt, and Duška Malešević.
Work by Romeo Roxman Gatt
AWOL provides a metaphysical thread for the works of four artists. Through their explorations, the artists invite us to question, confront, reframe and reinvent absences that inhabit us, giving these seemingly empty spaces the presence necessary for redeeming catharsis.
The potent body of work includes an array of different mediums, including, installation, photography, objects, sculpture, and painting.
The collective exhibition will be available for the public until Wednesday 28th January 2023.
Work by Duška Malešević
About the artists
Maxine Attard is a visual artist and a graduate of the University of Brighton, U.K. (MA Fine Arts, 2011) and the University of Malta (History of Art, 2008). Attard works in multiple media including works on paper, wood, and found material. She has had solo shows in Malta and group shows in Malta, Germany, Italy, and the UK. She is based in Leipzig, Germany.
Charlie Cauchi is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker living in Malta. Her work encompasses video, sound, text, archive, and built environments. Her practice is a hybrid, amalgamating documentary practices, academic research, and fantastical construction. She holds a BA and an MA in Film Studies from the Queen Mary University of London.
Work by Maxine Attard
Romeo Roxman Gatt (b. Malta) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores sexuality, identity, gender, love, and consumption within his practice. For a while now, the artist has been working with themes of humanising and interacting with consumer objects, making the inanimate iconic and fetishised. He is also interested in documenting and archiving trans and queer experiences and has recently launched a new project called Rosa Kwir.
Duška Malešević, born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, lived and worked in Berlin, Sydney, and Rome where she got her Master’s in Psychology of Art (at La Sapienza University). Based in Valletta, she is a visual artist working mainly in the field of documentary, contemporary urban, and minimal photography.
In 2016 she published a book ‘Postcards from Paradise’ which was launched in Rome, Italy, and was awarded an Honorary Mention from International Photography Awards (IPA). Duška exhibits both locally and abroad.
Work by Charlie Cauchi
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