Two contemporary Italian painters are exhibiting for the first time at The Phoenicia Malta. Oltre la Luce/Beyond the Light features works by Simone Geraci and Federico Severino, who explore perception in different but complementary ways.
Geraci’s work centres on the human figure as a site of introspection. His paintings reject spectacle in favour of quiet presence, depicting bodies that dissolve into softly modulated atmospheres.
Rooted in the tradition of figurative painting yet distinctly contemporary in sensibility, Geraci’s work combines technical refinement with psychological depth, resulting in paintings that reward sustained looking.
Severino, by contrast, constructs paintings entirely through light and colour. His works suggest rather than describe landscape, evoking Mediterranean horizons, dawn light and atmospheric transitions through subtle tonal gradations.
Presented together, the artists establish a dialogue between body and atmosphere, presence and horizon. The figure becomes a point of stillness within a wider field of light, inviting reflection on the relationship between the self and its environment.
This exhibition also marks a significant collaboration between curator Charlene Vella and Galleria Quam (Sicily), bringing a carefully selected group of works directly from the artists’ studios to Malta.
Oltre la Luce/Beyond the Light runs until April 29.
