Groundwaters
Outsider perspectives and visions of elsewhere
Anonymous, Emma Attard, Adrian Camilleri, William Driscoll, Emma Johnson, Salvina Muscat, Joe Vassallo
Valletta Contemporary, 30 September - 12 November 2022
The label of ‘outsider artist’ has come to function as an umbrella term for individuals producing work outside the culturally (artificially) established centres of psychological or social normality. Outsider art is characterised by an almost total stylistic freedom and lack of concern for art historical norms. GROUNDWATERS brings together a collection of artworks and objects that evade categorisation in order to explore outsider art in Malta, as well as the stories of pain, hope, survival and strength that they contain. The exhibition is the first of its kind in Malta.
Curation and text Gabriel Zammit; Catalogue essay Charles Russell; Project management Gabriel Zammit; Graphic design Siobhan Vassallo; Sound Adrian Camilleri; Lenders John Paul Azzopardi, Adrian Camilleri, Sasha Najeong Farrugia, Monsignor Louis Suban and Twanny Muscat on behalf of Il-Madonna tal-Ħerba Sanctuary, Birkirkara; Special thanks Anna Calleja, Adrian Camilleri, Gabriel Farrugia, Raymond and Marianne from Gemelli Framing, Adrian Mamo, Norbert Francis Attard, Valletta Contemporary staff, Lara Zammit, Michael and Maria Zammit
Funded by Arts Council Malta Project Support Scheme
Press and content Valletta Contemporary Curator Interview: Gabriel Zammit; ‘Groundwaters' of outsider art and the collective subconscious; Groundwaters - an exhibition of outsider art at Valletta Contemporary; Groundwaters: Collective Exhibition Exploring Outsider Art, Pain And Hope Launched At Valletta; NEW EXHIBITION OPENING THIS WEEK AT VALLETTA CONTEMPORARY; SPOTLIGHT Gabriel Zammit discusses outsider art; GROUNDWATERS: outsider perspectives and visions of elsewhere; A closer insight into Ground Waters collective curated by Gabriel Zammit; Groundwaters MaltArti Feature on Television Malta