States of Matter Exhibition by Luca Indraccolo Opens at il-Kamra ta’ Fuq This February
Opening on 27 February at il-Kamra ta’ Fuq, States of Matter by Italian-born artist Luca Indraccolo runs until 15 March, presenting a compelling new body of figurative works that explore transformation through painting, drawing and printmaking.
A new exhibition by Luca Indraccolo opens later this month at il-Kamra ta’ Fuq, inviting audiences to reflect on how images shift, evolve and resonate across different media.
Titled States of Matter, the exhibition brings together a selection of Indraccolo’s recent figurative works, including oil paintings, drawings and drypoint intaglios. Running from 27 February to 15 March, with an opening reception on 27 February at 7:30pm, the show is curated by Melanie Erixon.
At the heart of the exhibition is a fascination with repetition and variation. Rather than presenting a single, fixed image, Indraccolo revisits the same motifs across different scales, formats and materials. The result is not a literal depiction of physical transformation, but a subtle exploration of emotional and psychological shifts. A change in colour, a tightening of line, or a shift in composition becomes enough to alter the tone and meaning of a figure.
The exhibition also offers insight into the artist’s working process. Indraccolo often begins with small thumbnail sketches, gradually developing them through multiple studies before arriving at a final painting. In States of Matter, these preparatory works are given equal standing. Instead of functioning as stepping stones, they are presented as autonomous pieces, each with its own clarity, presence and emotional weight.
Drawing plays a central role in the exhibition. Visitors will encounter works that celebrate the purity of line, alongside hybrid pieces that blur the boundary between drawing and painting. Through this dialogue of materials, Indraccolo tests how a motif behaves as its physical state changes, echoing traditions associated with artists such as James McNeill Whistler and Gustav Klimt, who similarly revisited imagery across media to expand expressive potential.
Indraccolo’s journey to fine art followed a 15-year career as an art director working across multiple countries. He later committed fully to painting, studying artistic anatomy in New York, before refining his practice at the Florence Academy of Art and the London Atelier of Representational Art. His work has since been exhibited internationally across the UK, the United States and Malta, and featured in publications including 40 Portrait Masters, Artists & Illustrators, and the Times of Malta.
With States of Matter, Maltese audiences are offered an intimate look at how an image can move through different “states”, shifting in material, scale and mood, while remaining anchored to a single underlying subject. It is an exhibition that rewards close looking, encouraging viewers to consider how even the most subtle artistic decisions can transform what we see and how we feel about it.
States of Matter runs from 27 February to 15 March at il-Kamra ta’ Fuq. The opening reception will be held on 27 February at 7:30pm.
