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03
2008
Anton Abela – Visions at Whitehall
Posted by: Emmanuel Caruana in 43 years anniversary of the Independence, Anton Abela| The second solo art exhibition entitled, ‘Visions at Whitehall’ by the young Maltese artist Anton Abela is on from 3 March to 28 May at the British High Commission, Whitehall Mansions in Ta’ Xbiex. Open Monday to Friday from 0900hrs – 1400hrs. Entrance is free. | |
| Anton Abela is an enigmatic person and one could see this conveyed through his art. For Anton, art is a continuation of what he has in his mind. The artist gets his inspiration from nature, design and different cultures such as Islam, Chinese, Oriental Indian and African. This culture influence is clearly demonstrated in most of his paintings. | |
| Anton’s first solo exhibition goes back to October 2007 with the title of inverse reality. | |
| The inspiration for the Inverse Reality came while going through some negative photo prints, with all their dark hues and little hints of colour. In due time, as digitalization varies to some degree the purity and brilliance of the hues, an extensive colour wheel was used. The hue needed which corresponds to the real is picked up from the wheel; the opposite section would be consulted in order to find it’s complementary. Executing an art work entirely with such complementary colours, would never create a negative reality, but an Inverse Reality. | |
