APS Bank art exhibition 2012

Abstract

This is the second exhibition in a three-year project that aims to bring together the talents of twelve Maltese artists. It combines experience enriched through steadfastness of ideal and experimentation in various media, with the zeal of the upcoming generation that seeks to express its views of the world and humanity in its own figurative idiom. The project itself represents one element in a wider array of initiatives that span the rich tapestry of Malta’s heritage in literature, music, photography, painting and sculpture in their diverse forms. APS Bank considers the support it gives to creative artists to be an integral part of its existence. It sees such activity as an expression of the ideals its founders had in the arts as an instrument of human fulfilment. It tries to interpret such support not by directly involving itself in distinct projects but by collaborating with different individuals or entities which have at heart the development of a particular cultural field. The Bank is satisfied with the results obtained to date. This year, this multilateral collaboration has given birth to four new musical compositions, selected by an international panel, from a number of submissions made by Maltese composers, works which will be premiered in the series of Annual Concerts organised by the Bank. It also saw the works of talented Maltese photographers submitted for a theme entitled ‘Movement’, which photographs will be exhibited in Malta and Gozo next year and twelve of them will be published in the Bank’s calendar for 2013. Regarding this exhibition, we thought of enhancing the contents of this programme by incorporating two articles, one presenting a brief history of ceramics in Malta written by the curator himself, Dr Louis Lagana, and the second one written by Ms Christine Porter Lofaro, an art teacher and practicing artist about Studio Art Practice, a Multilayered Resource. Added to the notes on the four artists present, this programme would be more than a ‘souvenir’ of the occasion; it becomes a useful educational medium on the subject. It builds up into a knowledge pool on this artistic area. APS Bank will be distributing it in both printed and digital formats to facilitate the diffusion of information.