A group of German artists from the GEDOK Cultural Association in Bonn, came to Malta recently to visit the the Tempra Contemporary Art Museum in Mgarr.

Among the 250 artists exhibiting at this museum are several German  artists, including one of their members Milena Kunz Bijno, wife of the former German Ambassador to Malta Gerhard Kunz.

The group also included Maria Dierker, Edle von Frantzius, Regine Gontermann, Rose Kretzschmar, Christiane Rucker and  Dr Clotilde Lafont Koenig who is the President of the GEDOK BONN Association as well as Delegate of the  Malta  International (105 Nations) Arts Biennale.

The group received a warm welcome from the mayor of Mgarr, Paul Vella after visiting the magnificent church  and lunching at Il-Barri.

The group was delighted to see the works of R.O.Schabbach, Leader of the K18 Art Movement in Germany and member of the Fusionist  Art Movement  created in the year 2001 in Greece, which celebrates works created jointly by artists.

Milena Kunz Bijno whose work has been at the entrance of the Tempra Museum and on the cover of the Museum Catalogue, donated an additional extraordinary collage to the Museum entitled Tempo Rotrovato.

These  German artists will  also take part in the  2011 Malta Arts Biennale in the heart of Paris 15-31 July  at the Centre  Culturel Christine Peugeot, 62 Avenue de la Grande Armee -75017 PARIS.

The Tempra Museum of Contemporary Art is open: Monday to Friday 9am –1pm until 30 September in summer and Monday to Friday 9am-5pm in winter. Tel 2152 0011.