Ftuh ta' Wirja ta' xoghlijiet ta' Josef Kalleya / Inauguration of Exhibition of works by Josef Kalleya

Ftuh ta' Wirja ta' xoghlijiet ta' Josef Kalleya

Nhar il-Íimæa,12 ta’ Diðembru 1998, fil-Muúew ta’ l-Arti l-Belt, íiet inawgurata l-wirja ta’ skultura, pittura u disinji b’tifkira ta’ l-artist JOSEF KALLEYA M.O.M., li miet xaærejn ilu fl-eta’ ta’ mitt sena.

Fuq inizzjattiva tas-Sur Richard Muscat, Konsulent æall-Kultura fil-Ministeru ta’ l-Edukazzjoni, il-wirja, li nfetóet mill-Ministru Dr Louis Galea, hija t-tieni parti ta’ kommemorazzjoni uffiðjali ta’ dan l-artist, li l-kontribut tieæu æall-arti kontemporanja Maltija huwa meqjus mill-kritiði u sóabu l-artisti li kien tassew kbir. Fil-fatt, fost is-sitta u tletin biðða xoæol æall-wiri tispikka l-iújed il-íibda kbira li dan l-artist kellu lejn l-arti sakra, suííett li, tista’ tæid, sar sinonimu mieæu. Il-parti l-kbira ta’ l-esebiti íew minn kollezzjonijiet, privati kif ukoll mill-Fakolta’ ta’ l-Edukazzjoni ta’ l-Universita’ ta’ Malta, il-Muúew tal-Kattidral ta’ l-Imdina, il-Moviment Azzjoni Socjali u l-Muúew ta’ l-Arti stess.

L-inawgurazzjoni, li mexxiha l-Kuratur ta’ l-Arti, is-Sur Dominic Cutajar, attirat numru sabih ta’ mistednin mill-oqsma ta’ l-arti u kultura, oltri rapprezentanza ta’ familjari ta’ l-artist.

Íie ppublikat katalogu illustrat bil-kulur, xoæol il-kuratur tal-wirja Dennis Vella, sabiex jakkumpanja l-wirja. Dan æandu sezzjoni dettaljata li telenka l-esebiti kollha, kif ukoll Bibljografija li tinkludi l-parti l-kbira tal-kitbiet kollha li nstabu dwar dan l-artist. Il-katalogu, flimkien ma’ ktejjeb ieóor ta’ diskorsi ta’ l-ewwel kommemorazzjoni, jista’ jinkiseb b’xejn mil post tal-wirja li se tibqa’ miftuóa sad-29 ta’ Diðembru (minbarra Jum il-Milied) bejn id-9.00 a.m. sal-4.30 p.m. Id-dóul huwa b’xejn.

Inauguration of Exhibition of works by Josef Kalleya

A memorial exhibition of sculptures, paintings and drawings by JOSEF KALLEYA MOM (1898-1998) was inaugurated at the National Museum of Fine Arts in South Street, Valletta on Friday, 12 December, 1998.

The exhibition, a personal initiative of Mr Richard Muscat, Advisor on Culture at the Ministry of Education, and which was inaugurated by Minister Louis Galea, is the second part of an official commemoration of the artist whose contribution to Maltese contemporary art is considered by artists and critics alike to have been truly great. In fact, among the thirty six works on show, can be sensed the artist’s strong feeling for sacred art, a subject that can be said to have become synonymous with him. A good number of the exhibits come from private collections, besides those of the Faculty of

education at the University of Malta, the Cathedral Museum of Mdina, the Social Action Movement and the Museum of Fine Arts itself.

The inauguration, which was launched by the Curator of Fine Arts, Mr Dominic Cutajar, attracted a good number of guests from the fields of culture and the arts besides numerous relatives of the artist.

The exhibition’s curator, Mr Dennis Vella, has also written a detailed catalogue illustrated in colour, which includes descriptive entries on every exhibit, as well as a comprehensive Bibliography of writings on the artist. This catalogue, together with its twin publication issued on the occasion of the commemorative evening a few weeks ago, can be obtained free of charge from the exhibition venue.

The exhibition remains open until the 29 December, 1998 (except Christmas Day), between 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Admission is free.

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