This proposed work recalls and departs from the previous work that the artist has executed in May 2011 as part of a collaboration entitled ‘Cyclical’ http://www.josephcalleja.co.uk/cyclical. It will also inform a series of works that the artist is currently proposing the the National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta which will explore the idea of skin - the idea of it being a barrier between two entities.
Using impermanent pigment, the artist has made a painting informed by the sea as documented just off the island of Comino. Then this painting will be submerged into Kamo river accross from Weissraum where the left marks will document the distinction between something that looks like water and water itself.
The way this concept is executed is quite poetic and the process itself echoes Japanese attention to the ephemeral happenings of life, elevating them to ethereal levels.
painting hanging in gallery
painting taken down and submerged in Kamo river for 1 min
painting hanging in gallery again with remaining paint fragments falling apart by the effect of river water
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