Three artists, Mario Abela, Victor Agius and Tony Briffa, are participating in the collective exhibition Anthropos, opening at Arthall, Gozo, tomorrow.
Besides being Greek for ‘man’, the word ‘anthropos’ defines a creature that looks up and walks with its head held up. However, man is also very proficient at self-destruction as evidenced by wars, struggles and playing at being god.
Anthropos attempts to bring together three different artistic perspectives at a contradictory time in the 21st century; a particular time in which humanity is still rationalising the pandemic and debating whether it can be acknowledged as a lesson learnt or a lost opportunity for change on a planetary level. The exhibition is an exercise in stratigraphy, by peeling away layers to fathom out a meaning and maybe advocate change in this structureless epoch.