Biennale Arte 2022 - Malta ‘Diplomazija Astuta’
Discover Malta’s exhibition, titled ‘Diplomazija Astuta’ at the 2022 Biennale Arte ‘The Milk of Dreams’.
Diplomazija Astuta – including artists Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, and Brian Schembri – reimagines Caravaggio’s seminal Maltese altarpiece The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist as a kinetic, sculptural installation. Through induction technology, molten steel droplets fall from the sky into seven rectangular basins of water, each representing a subject in The Beheading. By transposing the Oratory of the Decollato’s Zeitgeist onto the Malta Pavilion, Diplomazija Astuta resituates Caravaggio’s immanent themes within modern life, prompting viewers to negotiate an immersive space where the tragedy and brutality of Saint John’s execution is experienced in the present day, injustices of the past are reconciled, and shared humanist principles are upheld in the future.
Commissioner: Arts Council Malta
Curators: Keith Sciberras, Jeffrey Uslip
Exhibitors: Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, Brian Schembri
Biennale Arte 2022 ‘The Milk of Dreams’ exhibits in Venice until 27th November 2022. For more information, visit the official La Biennale di Venezia website.