Art: The raw pulse of vision

Louis Laganà reviews Tessie and Joseph Borg’s exhibition ‘Expressive Moods’, on display at Palazzo Ferreria, Valletta, until July 9

The landscape of contemporary Maltese art is frequently defined by its adherence to institutional lineage or deliberate postmodern detachment. However, the joint exhibition, titled Expressive Moods, by artists Tessie Borg and Joseph Borg, running until July 9 at Palazzo Ferreria, Valletta, promises to short-circuit these conventions.

What unifies these two distinct practices is not a shared formal technique, but a deeper adherence to what art theory categorises as ‘primitivism’: a deliberate turn towards unmediated emotional honesty, unburdened by rigid  academic doctrine.

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