LANDMARKS
Fabio Borg
October 2022
’Landmarks’ was Fabio Borg’s eighth solo exhibition of landscapes that were created in Borg’s mind’s eye and then construed and made real through his brush. They are his innate emotions being expressed onto canvas and painted by instinct. The paintings therefore become emotional landmarks that Borg is inviting the viewer to partake in. This also explains why these paintings are produced in Borg’s studio and not en plain air. In these compositions, trees are the main protagonist and are ubiquitous features, the quintessential element to look out for when in nature. By painting trees, Borg is, of course, also making a visual commentary as a poignant pastoral elegy for trees to be preserved in our local countryside, rather than taking trees down to make way for streets. In his mind, trees will soon become fossilised museum and exhibition pieces as envisaged by Joni Mitchell in ‘Big Yellow Taxi’.
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/oasis-tranquility.987449
https://cde.news/artist-fabio-borgs-solo-exhibition-landmarks-celebrates-trees-as-protagonists/
