After returning from his most recent artistic residency overseas, Gabriel Buttiġieġ collaborated with one of the finest curators on the island, Lisa Gwen, on what is expected to be his largest solo exhibition to date. Gabriel Buttiġieġ returns with ‘Narratives for Postmodern Love’ on December 7.

This project encompasses more than merely a selection of paintings; It represents a significant portion of Gabriel’s identity and artistic vision. Each of these pieces was created with consideration of the unique space, setting, and history of Valletta’s dilapidated and barren Hotel Splendid.

Depicting the notion and view of love in the twenty-first century, Narratives for Postmodern Love is “confusing, multi-layered, complex, raw, uncertain… lonely, painful and fearsome.” Gabriel, who considers this his “boldest work yet”, aptly interprets the messiness and chaos of love. Love incites joy and pleasure, but it can also incite pain and suffering, as well as everything else in between. Sexual imagery depicting couples of all sexual orientations abounds in the artworks. They emanate passion and chaos but are almost poignant, with new figures to be discovered in  between the carefully interwoven lines on the canvas.