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EXHIBITION Raphael Vella "BIG BOYS"

Period：From 13th August to 31th August 2011 Opening time：12：00～20：00 Opening reception ：13th August Saturday 17:00 Raphael Vella is an artist from the Mediterranean island of Malta, who lectures in Art at the University of Malta and has shown his work in many countries around the world, including England, France, Belgium, Holland, Romania, New Zealand, and Argentina. His artistic work consists mainly of drawings and sculpture, and he is also a prolific writer on art in his country. Big Boys is a series of drawings that Raphael Vella produced in 2011. Using different media, Vella reproduces old photos of well-known men that show them as infants or teenagers and are hence unrecognisable in most cases. Religious leaders, dictators, famous politicians and terrorists sit side by side, flanked by quotations from speeches they gave. Who said these words? Whose eyes are those? In this exhibition, the public is invited to try to guess the boys’ identities.

"I FOUGHT THE X AND THE X WON"	Update: April 2011
"I fought the X and the X won" Dimitrios Antonitsis, Vince Briffa, Gabriel Brojoiu, Austin Camilleri, Dionisis Christofilogiannis, Radu Comsa, Baptiste Debombourg, Sharon Engelstein, Petra Feriancova, Ry Fyan, Helidon Gjergji, Gabriele Grones, Ewa Kuras, Eva Mitala, Michal Moravcik, Tarohei Nakagawa, ArianScicluna, Artan Shabani, Katharina Swoboda, Dimitris Tataris, Raphael Vella, Siebren Versteeg Muzel de Arta Cluj-Napoca / ROMANIA 15th April - 15th May 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 16th, 7-10 p.m. A large group show with over twenty artists from several countries opens on 16th April, 2011 at the National Museum of Cluj in Romania. Organised by artists Dionisis Christofilogiannis and exhibition is called I Fought the X and the X Won and is inspired by a rock and roll song called "I Fought the Law" with many cover versions, notably one by the band Bobby Fuller Four in the 1960's and another by The Clash. The show proposes different situations in which one is faced by antagonistic forces and defeat or failure, and the work is extremely varied, with media ranging from video to drawing, painting and sculpture. more information>> "I fought the X and the X won" catalog
I Fought the X and the X Won will also travel to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta in mid-July, where it will be one of the major shows this summer. National Museum of Arts/VALLETTA/MALTA///15th July - 15th August 2011. http://www.heritagemalta.org/
"EXHIBITION: TARHOHEI NAKAGAWA"
Opening Date: 14th July 2011 St. James Cavalier, Center for Creativity, Main hall Pjazza Kastilja, Valletta VLT, 1060 Malta Tel (356) 2122 3200 Fax (356) 2122 3218 http://www.sjcav.org/
St. James Cavalier, Center for Creativity, Main hall, Valetta, Malta

Nakagawa Gallery presents "No1 Happiness Street"

Nakagawa Gallery presents "No1 Happiness Street"

We are very happy to introduce the two Romanian artists, Ioan Sbarciu,
a president of the Cluj-Napoca, and Radu Solovastru, a professor of
the Cluj-Napoca.
The exhibition "No.1 Happiness Street" represents the principle
relationship between a man and nature also between the West and the
East.
The show opens from 4 Nov. to 20 Nov..
(You could see the opening party view at the youtube)
Thanks.

Nakagawa Gallery
http://nakagawa-gallery.co.jp/