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Thresholds, curated by Paula Rego, presents a unique opportunity to enjoy world-class contemporary art in Malta. The exhibition focuses mainly on drawings, prints and photographs of acknowledged contemporary artists, including works by Lucian Freud, Walter Richard Sickert and David Hockney. Rarely seen early photographs by Cecil Beaton and Madame Yevonde, nudes by Gwen John and Wyndham Lewis, and watercolours by Edward Burra will also be displayed.
The majority of the artists participating in this exhibition have never been exhibited in Malta. Lucian Freud is considered the greatest figure painter of the 20th century and his show is currently open at the National Portrait Gallery in London. David Hockney is also having a major exhibition at the prestigious Royal Academy this year. Chapman Brothers are radical exciting artists of the yBa (young British Artists) generation that includes Damian Hirst, Tracey Emin etc.
The British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design craft for more than 60 years. The Collection, started in the late 1930s, with a modest group of works on paper has now grown to a collection of more than 8000 artworks covering all media and all aspects of British art and design of the 20th and 21st Centuries. The Collection has no permanent gallery and it travels to all parts of the globe.
Admission to the exhibition is free of charge. Free guided tours will be provided to the general public.
St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity will also offer workshops in art and creative writing to Maltese school children. Mr Robert McPherson, the co-curator of the exhibition, will be giving a lecture to the art students of the University of Malta and MCAST.
The Thresholds exhibition is supported by: The British High Commission, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, The Strickland Foundation, HSBC, Vodafone, Blue Harbour/A Wininvest Group Development, The Times of Malta, Progress Press, Ernst and Young, Grant Thornton, Malta Arts Fund and Bawag Bank.
The exhibition is open from Monday to Tuesday from 9 am to 5 pm and from Wednesday to Sunday 9 am to 9 pm. Please contact St. James Cavalier (tel. 21 22 32 00) for more info about free guided tours.
Watch Robert McPherson's tour of Thresholds
Watch Paula Rego discuss her selection with Robert McPherson
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