Protection’s Dual Nature Explored Through Alberto Favaro’s ‘Protect Me’ Exhibition
Protect Me is a solo exhibition of Malta-based architect and artist Alberto Favaro that explores protection’s dual nature. The exhibition will be on display until 17th June at MUŻA’s new exhibition on St Zachary Street.
Curated by Noura Abdelhafidh, Protect Me explores how protection can be an act of care and a mechanism of control through seven artworks spanning diverse media including art installations, graphic art, collage and sculptural work in wood.
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Favaro’s exhibition journey begins within the private sphere, examining how obsessive preservation of objects and routines reflects humanity’s deeper desire to master time and resist loss. The narrative expands outward to scrutinise contemporary society, where protection increasingly serves as justification for authoritarian policies, border fortifications, and the erosion of democratic rights.
In our current world, shaped by fear and isolation, Protect Me, poses critical questions about whether true care can exist without domination, inviting viewers to imagine new forms of shared vulnerability and responsibility.
Whether examining intimate domestic life or global political scales, Favaro reveals how protection often demands surrender of freedom, exposing complex power dynamics that bind protector to protected. His multidisciplinary approach demonstrates how space structures human experience, identity, and power relationships.
Alberto Favaro’s architectural practice intersects with artistic investigation of space and its liminal, often invisible dimensions, exploring social and political dynamics with particular focus on borders—both physical and metaphorical. His diverse practice encompasses graphic art, drawing, imagined architectural prints, photography, installation, performance, and ceramics.
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