Gozitan artists deserve encouragement to exhibit their works of art across Europe. All options should be considered to provide opportunities to artists living on this island at the periphery of Europe, said MEP Alfred Sant Alfred Sant when he visited the Art Gallery ART CUBE in Mġarr Road, Xewkija Gozo featuring featuring artistic works of Gozitan artist Christopher Saliba.
Christoper Saliba was one of four Gozitan artists who last March were invited by the Maltese MEP to exhibit works of art on Gozitan realities and aspirations at the European Parliament. He has built a reputation as one of the most authentic talents emerging from Malta’s sister island.
The Maltese MEP said that the exhibition ‘Embracing Change in Gozo’ was one of his best experiences at the European Parliament.
Christopher Saliba said that the fact that Gozitan artists are from a small island on the periphery of the European continent strengthens the resolve to be creative.
“My artistic rendition is conceived as a tribute to the natural beauty of our island in conjunction with the careful man-made interventions devised throughout the years which gave a distinctive character to Gozo. It is a cultural heritage we Gozitans cherish in an age in which we are embracing changes at social and infrastructural levels. My artistic works are a testimony of what we were and we still are; they express the need of salvaging our identity and heritage and the need of finding the right balance with the expectations and demands of contemporaneity.” Christopher Saliba told the Maltese MEP.
Sant congratulated the Gozitan artist for his creativity and entreprenseurship to showcase his works of art in Gozo. This gives Maltese and foreign visitors in Gozo the opportunity to view and obtain works of art of a high calibre, remarked the Maltese MEP.