Tableau ta'Malta Kwir, Fine Art Print

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Tableau ta'Malta Kwir by Daniel Hintner Fine Art Print on 300gsm 32 x 32 cm (print) Sold framed 2023 Auctioned framed 'Tableau ta'Malta Kwir' is a square dimensional digitally designed artwork, based on my own experience of growing up gay in Malta, the openness of sexuality in society, and funny/harmful perceptions of queer Maltese individuals. The main design is the traditional Maltese tile, yet full of phallic symbols (highlighting how often the word ‘żobb’ is referred to in spoken Maltese despite its visual taboo). The image also includes the obvious sexual innuendos of the pastizz (vagina) and the pomegranate fruit (suggesting a ‘fruity’ or ‘gay’ personality). Olives represent purity and vitality across the Mediterranean, both the Greeks and the Romans used olive oil as a cleanser and crowned their Olympic winners with olive wreaths. Here, it is used as a contrast to the sperm/semen, a common myth that gay people are dirty or disease-ridden. The iconic Love sign from Spinola Bay is also featured, inverted and upside-down as we all know it, perhaps begging to ask the question; in a country so often revered for its outstanding LGBT+ laws, are there still certain stigmas around no

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