GABRIEL A. PELLEGRINI: VICTOR AGIUS

EXHIBITION INVITATION

Borne Expressions – Victor Agius

Opus64 Galerie is currently featuring a solo exhibition by Victor Agius. This exhibition is entitled ‘Borne Expressions’ – a title that encapsulates all the different works on show including abstracted landscapes, abstract paintings and ceramic sculptures. The works on show are a collection of Agius’ latest artistic expressions through diverse media. Art critic Ms Charlene Vella MA refers to the paintings displayed as ‘vigorous and temperamental, with dashes of colour enlivening the sky and ground, and bleeding paint dripping steadily down to the fringes of the canvas.’ The sculptures are the artist’s fresh experiments in which his distinguishing trait of intertwined figures embodying relationships of unknown forms is still evident.

Victor Agius has studied art under Maltese Artist Harry Alden, at the University of Malta and at the International School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture in Perugia, Italy. On an international scale, he has also participated in the Ceramic Triennale of the Domenican Republic and has exhibited his works in shows held at the Bricklane Gallery in London, at the Florence Biennale, in Paris and in Milan. His art forms part of private collections worldwide.

Borne Expressions will be open for public viewing from the 11^th June till 2^nd July 2011 at the Opus64 Galerie, Tigne Street, Sliema. Opening hours are from Monday to Friday from 10.30 to 13.00 and from 16.30 -19.00 and Saturdays from 10.30 to 13.00. For more info visit www.victoragius.com or contact the gallery directly on 79496419. The exhibition is proudly supported by Mediterranean Bank, Charts Ltd and Delicata Winery.

CATALOGUE

Victor Agius’ landscapes are executed with a perceptive eye and congenial colour tones. They can be described as minimalist in the choice of what is chosen to be depicted - the essential church domes and bell towers, and a few other building - such as in Attard. But these few elements are engulfed in the atmosphere of spirited surroundings, and it is only in the choice of which buildings are depicted that Agius is minimalist. His compositions can definitely not be described as such.

They are vigorous and temperamental, with dashes of colour enlivening the sky and ground, and bleeding paint dripping steadily down to the fringes of the canvas. His landscapes can be atmospheric, with sfumato taking over not only vegetation, but even roads and buildings.

Abstracts also feature. They have different media at play, as well as textures to further enliven the canvas.

Expression is bountiful, and the exhibition title is the product of a romantic painter who is also sensitive to his surroundings.

Ms Charlene Vella M.A.

Biography

Victor Agius, b. 1982, had his first contact with art in his father’s sculpture studio. He has studied under Harry Alden and got a degree in art from the University of Malta where amongst others he was tutored by Dr Raphael Vella, Dr Joseph P Cassar and Caesar Attard . He furthered his studies at the MCAST and in Perugia, Italy. Victor works in both painting and sculpture. As early as 2003 he was awarded 1^st Prize by Antonelli Institute of Art and Photography-USA and again in 2008 ‘Il Gilglio di Firenze’- Awarded by Dottor Niccolo Ricci for his artistic achievements. His personal exhibitions in Malta have recently been held at the Ministry for Gozo in Victoria and at the Auberge d’Italie in Valletta. Amongst his international solo exhibitions, Agius exhibited his works in Florence and Lago Maggiore, Italy. His art forms part of private collections worldwide. His work is also found at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo. Lately he participated in a number of international collective shows including one at ‘Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot in Paris, ‘Art in Mind’ show at the Bricklane Gallery in London, the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence and at the Long Room Gallery, New College, Oxford University in Britain.

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