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Deconstructing Beauty — After Georges Bataille

Mixa (Michelle Gialanze)

Spazju Kreattiv
,
Valletta
April 1, 2027
—
June 13, 2027

Deconstructing Beauty — After Georges Bataille explores the fragile boundary between beauty and its opposite, questioning conventional ideals of perfection, harmony and aesthetic appeal.

EXHIBITION DETAILS
GALLERY
St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
DATES:
April 1, 2027
to
June 13, 2027
ARTISTS
Mixa (Michelle Gialanze)
CURATOR
Louise Cutajar
PHOTOGRAPHER
LOCATION
Valletta

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Inspired by the philosophical ideas of Georges Bataille, the exhibition considers how beauty can emerge through decay, imperfection, vulnerability and transformation. It invites viewers to look beyond the polished surface and confront the unsettling, visceral and sometimes uncomfortable aspects of existence.

Through painting, natural materials, botanical elements and immersive installations, Mixa explores the relationship between the human body, nature, fragility and the passage of time. Organic forms and material textures become a means of examining the tension between attraction and repulsion, growth and deterioration, life and death.

Rather than offering a fixed definition of beauty, the exhibition invites visitors to reconsider their own perceptions and question the cultural and personal expectations through which beauty is understood.

Deconstructing Beauty is an invitation to experience beauty not as an ideal of perfection, but as something complex, transient and deeply connected to the realities of existence.