Two Albanian artists featured in Malta’s national museum

TIRANA, July 14 – Two Albanian artists are participating in an international exhibition in Heritage Malta’s National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta. Albania is represented in the exhibition by Albanian-born, New York-based video and installation artist Helidon Gjergji, and Artan Shabani, another contemporary artist who shares his time between Italy and Albania. A total of 22 artists from Malta, Romania, Greece, Italy, France, Poland, Austria, Albania, Slovakia, Canada, America and Japan will be exhibiting at Heritage Malta’s National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta. The exhibition, I Fought the X and the X Won is a twinning project between the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta and the National Museum of Fine Arts, Cluj. The title is derived from a rock n’ roll song ‘I fought the law’. I Fought the X and The X Won explores the inevitable aspects of life asking questions rather than providing answers. The artists explore a wide range of themes from struggles with time and technology to effects of the media and other globalizing and political forces, advertising campaigns and stereotypes. Held in Romania from 16th April till 15th May, 2011 the exhibition in Malta will be held from 15th July till 15th August, 2011.