Four figure tables

Three old friends of mine have come together on a joint artistic venture. Bernard Bonnici, Rupert Cefai and Gordon Pace Flores are exhibiting their photography, paintings and calligraphy inspired by the mathematical 'Four Figure Tables'. The exhibition opens on the 12th of May at the Manoel Theatre Café in Valletta. The artists were interviewed by Artissa.com:

(gpf) Seeing symbols which can be deciphered into sound, then possibly meaning compels me to read them. No, not just books - I read notices, graffiti, the notes people write on their hands ... Yes, I am one of those who do read the small print in legal documents. The paradox of using letters not to represent what the sound they encrypt means, but for their shape, texture, weight and feel fascinates me. In a certain sense this is the opposite of the way we process colour. We see a painting, and consiously we see the image. Unless we force it into our consious level, we only process the symbolism of the colours subconsiously. Conversely, in my paintings, one automatically tries to read and process the letters as symbols in a text, and only processes the painting as a whole at a subconsious level. It is only by stepping back, and forcing oneself to switch off the brain from the automatic reading mode that the whole picture starts to emerge. This paradox is right at the heart of the work I am exhibiting...

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