Colours of an archipelago

Art is an essential part of Josette Fenech’s life and her commitment is very strongly felt throughout her creations. Lwien il-Gżejjer (colours of an archipelago) is an art exhibition which is being held at the The Banca Giuratale in Victoria. This exhibition follows Fenech’s success in London when in January she represented Malta in a personal exhibition entitled Horizons, celebrating the opening of the 2017 Maltese presidency of the Council of the European Union. This was an impressive selection of abstracts and vistas with a Mediterranean theme. Her abstract interpretations relate to a spiritual itinerary which leaves one staring at an abundance of light, emerging from an explosive source of emotions. She has also a good sense of the unorthodox, and possibly of female emancipation, as she moves away from the mainstream principles and tendencies of artistic expression into a unique realm of her own. The artist’s imagination hovers over uncharted territory as she both confounds and delights the viewer in countless ways through her outbursts of human intimate feelings. Her work is totally singular, driven by a relentless drive for the essential. She works fast and gets totally...