Exomind, 2017. Concrete cast with wax hive, bee colony, orange tree (Daidai), plum tree (Tobiume descendant), plants, sand, stones, calico cat, ants, spider, butterfly, concrete pond with waterlilies (Giverny descendants), axolotl and insects. Photo credit: Ichikawa and Kei Maeda. Courtesy of the artist; Taro Nasu, Tokyo; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.
Ambassador Of Culture For Malta And MICAS Board Member Francis Sultana Speaks About MICAS’s Upcoming Fundraising Event: Honey
7 October, 2019
Francis Sultana portrait by Chris Floyd.
Our next fund-raising event, the ‘HONEY’ ART PARTY is scheduled for this October. It will be part of a series of exciting events over the weekend centred around the work of Pierre Huyghe’s, happening in collaboration with the Serpentine Galleries, of which I am delighted to be co-chair of its social committee. For the work Exomind (Deep Water) Pierre Huyghe has merged a blind crouching figure made from concrete with a live beehive that will now form part of the ecosystem in Wied il-Luq, Buskett, happily pollinating the surrounding flora. This wonderful concept, has in turn inspired the theme of the fundraising party which is being organised with Immersive Cult.During the weekend we will launch Huyghes’ work with a series of talks chaired by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rebecca Lewin from the Serpentine Galleries. Following the piece created for MICAS by Ugo Rondinone last year, we are delighted that an artist of Huyghe’s standing has agreed to showcase this incredible work in Malta for MICAS.Establishing this annual weekend of events in October is part of our mission. As well as raising crucial funding, it also offers an incredible platform for us to invite globally renowned artists like Huyghe and Rondinone, and the world’s major art patrons and curators, to come to Malta, often for the first time, and to see the breadth of talent and creative energy we have here. It is a strong push for internationalisation through cultural relations that places Malta firmly on theinternational contemporary art calendar.MICAS is being established to inspire the next generation of Maltese artists to dream of a global stage where their work will one day be on show. It is my role as Ambassador of Culture for Malta and MICAS Board Member to champion Malta internationally but to also encourage our own talent to have the confidence to shine. Supporting the arts is truly rewarding and I highly recommend it! We hope you will be able to join us during the MICAS International Art Weekend.
