Exhibition: Cumulus

Name: Exhibition: Cumulus
Start: 2024-10-02T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-02T19:00:00+02:00
Location: 15,16,17 Triq Lvant (East Street), VLT1253 Valletta, Malta

Schedule

Wed Oct 02 2024 at 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

15,16,17 Triq Lvant (East Street), VLT1253 Valletta, Malta | Valletta, MA

Cumulus
Curated by Norbert Francis Attard
Exhibition dates 27th July - 14th August 2024 | 4th September - 23rd November 2024 | Wed - Sat | 2pm - 7pm (closed public holidays)
Entrance is free
VALLETTA CONTEMPORARY
15, 16, 17, East Street, Valletta
History has preserved the collections of several prominent collectors, their discerning eye, measured taste and connoisseurship assembles the finest pieces under a single roof. This collection, draws together the work of 29 radically different artists from across the globe, including Gilbert and George, Ai Weiwei and Tracey Emin among several others. The thread which connects the artists’ work is the collector, namely Norbert Francis Attard.
The work presented in this exhibition, is a reflection of the collector’s attuned eye. Not connected thematically and eclectic by its very nature, it represents a collection which has grown organically, slowly over decades. The exhibition illustrates his ever-evolving tastes, his varying interests thus capturing moments in time.
The exhibition’s title is firmly grounded in the definition of the word Cumulus. The word has two varying meanings, one referring to an "accumulation" or "a collection of several things grouped together as a whole." Its second meaning, though loosely connected, touches on a specific type of cloud formation. Derived from the Latin word "cumulus," meaning "heap" or "pile," cumulus clouds are detached, individual, cauliflower-shaped clouds typically seen in fair weather conditions. When illuminated by the sun, the tops of these clouds are brilliant white tufts, though their bases are often relatively dark. The two definitions capture the very essence behind this collective exhibition.
Cumulus puts forward just a small part of the collection; it is brought together to open the door to the Norbert Francis Attard Foundation’s collections. To invite the public to peer into a collection of contemporary art, amassed over half a century, to spark debate and intrigue.