First Emvin, then me: breaking moulds
Like her famous distant relative, New York-based Maltese photographer Nicky Conti is experiencing a creative shift in her mid years
While visiting family in Malta this June, I had the chance to see The Glass Collage exhibition at the Victor Pasmore Gallery in Valletta. I felt an immediate connection to Emvin Cremona and his work, not just because we’re related (he was the son of my grandfather’s cousin) but because, like him, I’m experiencing an artistic shift in my late 40s.
When Emvin was nearly 50, and after years of being celebrated for his distinctive geometric style − seen in Maltese stamp designs and in paintings across ecclesiastical institutions throughout Malta − he made a radical turn.
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