‘Modern megaliths’: the vision behind Gozo’s new landmark
Christopher Saliba talks about his new public artwork
Anyone driving across Gozo in recent weeks may have noticed a striking new landmark on the roundabout between Victoria and Nadur, at the point where the road branches uphill towards Xagħra. Rising prominently from the landscape are two contemporary steel forms that together make up Encounter, a new public artwork by Gozitan artist Christopher Saliba, funded by the Ministry for Gozo and Planning through its Public Art Scheme.
The sculpture forms part of the ministry’s ongoing investment in public art as a way of enriching Gozo’s open spaces, strengthening the island’s cultural identity and bringing contemporary artistic expression closer to everyday life.
In Encounter, that vision takes shape through a work that draws deeply on Gozo’s prehistoric legacy while speaking in a distinctly modern sculptural language.
Read more about the sculpture on Times2.