Antoine Camilleri: Alla Ricerca Del Simbolo Perduto

A one-hour documentary film about the life of Antoine Camilleri will be screened this Thursday at St James Cavalier. The film was made in 1988 by Josette Caruana during her art studies in Florence. From the St James site:

..The film, which is in Italian, was made in 1988 by the artist Josette Caruana as her dissertation project to gain her Diploma di Licenza in Painting at the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence.In this film, Antoine Camilleri comes across as an articulate and engaging person, with deeply-felt views on art and life. Various scenes of his basement studio in Old Bakery Street, Valletta reveal its interesting architectural features as well as several important paintings. The film is of particular interest in that the artist is also seen working on different stages in the creation of his incised clay paintings.

Besides Caruana’s questions, the film also includes informative interviews with Fr Marius Zerafa O.P., then Curator of Fine Arts, artists Josef Kalleya, Gabriel Caruana, Luciano Micallef Joseph Borg Xuereb and Rita ‘Charis’ Pergolani philosophers Rev. Peter Serracino Inglott and Joe Friggieri besides critics Emmanuel Fiorentino and E.V. Borg who all bring out different aspects of Camilleri’s art. Maltese voice-overs were provided by Anna Bonanno and Martin Micallef..

..The film, which has never been screened before, promises to be a treat for Maltese art lovers. These will also have the opportunity of acquiring the 40-page exhibition catalogue Antoine Camilleri: Pictures In Clay written by Dennis Vella, curator of contemporary art at the National Museum of Fine Arts...