by Gabriel Buttigieg at is inspired by the narratives of Greco-Roman myths and the dark side of human nature depicted within them. Presented with ’s support to coincide with the biennale, and curated by Lisa Gwen, this is Buttigieg’s first multimedia show, created during an intense period of focused work over the last few months, a period he found exciting both conceptually and aesthetically. “I’ve always had a fascination with mythology, and the totality of human nature that myths lay bare,” says Buttigieg, tracing this interest back to a childhood exposed to the classics from Sophocles to Kafka by his father, an author, and his professional roots in philosophy, literature and existentialism in particular.
“The narratives are dark yet exhilarating: they are often metaphors for moral, erotic and spiritual questions humans have asked since the dawn of time. We might also ask whether myths distort the truth about humanity or distil the dark depths of an individual’s instinctive nature, people within society and families at their worst. “I believe art should show all of humanity and reflect upon our behaviours and taboos and the underlying reasons for them.
As a psychologist graduate with a Masters in Fine Arts focusing on the feminine, I take rather a deterministic position in psychoanalysis. Honour and hubris, possession and power, lust and jealousy, cruelty and revenge, are all powerful emotions which are still at the root of who we are today.” In his dramat.