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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 31 OCTOBER 2021 7 ART Ethiopian artist Dawit Adnew exhibits his work in Malta CHRISTINE X Art Gallery has taken on the opportunity to introduce Contemporary African Art in Malta starting with the Ethiopian artist Dawit Adnew. This comes at the time when Malta opened an Embas- sy in Ethiopia. Dawit Adnew's solo art exhibition with art- works titled 'Paved Road' will be exhibited at Christine X Art Gallery in Tigne street, Sliema, from the 5th to the 21st No- vember 2021. Nineteen artworks with a great resemblance to the work of French impression- ist artist Paul Gauguin are set to impress anyone with a love for patterns in the arts of Africa, Asia, and French Poly- nesia. Like Gauguin, Adnew's use of vibrant colours seeks the "the music of painting' and the harmony amongst an array of colours and like Gauguin, he sets his figures against the complementary blues and greens of the trop- ical scenery, replacing the French Polynesian backdrops with backdrops typical to the beautiful Ethiopia. Most of the time, Adnew's figures also add their hue to blues and greens with African tex- tile patterns visible in their clothing. Patterns, forms and colour is where Dawit Adnew sees movement, where his in- spiration arises from. Recent years saw a great sur- gency in African art sales with growth attributed to a grow- ing number of African mu- seums, galleries and art fairs which have also expanded to Europe and the US, advances in cultural infrastructure and a developing wealthy class in Africa. We are yet to see more development in the con- temporary African art market as the African continent con- tinues to develop and more cultural institutions imple- mented, as Africa's growing upper class increases and the wealthy are increasingly turn- ing to art for investment. Af- rican art will only continue to become more prevalent. This exhibition will be open from 5th to 21st November 2021 at Christine X Art Gal- lery in Tigne street, Sliema. Opening hours are Mon- day to Saturday 10am-1pm, 4-7pm or by appointment. For enquiries or to request a catalogue of artworks, please contact the gallery via email info@christinexart.com or by calling +356 99844653/ 21316708. KorMalta launches its 2021/22 season programme KorMalta, Malta National Choir, has launched its Sea- son Programme for 2021/22, featuring fourteen events throughout the Maltese is- lands, as well as beyond our shores. Since its establishment in 2018, KorMalta has delighted audiences with high calibre performances, from its debut all a cappella concert, Motets and Madrigals: From Sacred to Profane, to its operatic de- but with Rossini's Otello, in collaboration with Teatru Ma- noel. The upcoming Season prom- ises a continuation of this suc- cess, with a variety of events in collaboration with several national and international en- tities and festivals, making up a truly exciting programme. Present for the launch was Minister for Heritage, Arts and Local Government, José Her- rera who applauded the choir's resilience throughout the past months, during which the choir continued to develop. "Today's launch is a testa- ment to your dedication and commitment, we will contin- ue supporting your efforts to ensure that the choir keeps on growing and establishing itself both nationally and interna- tionally", remarked Herrera. Over and above festivals, Ko- rMalta's choristers and solo- ists will also present a number of performances which vary in style and theme, from the masterpiece that is Faure's Requiem, to Dante Project - The "Commedia" in Music, an allegorical musical jour- ney through Dante's Inferno, as well as Musical Banquet, a concert exploring the relation- ship between music and food. "We are excited to see Kor- Malta collaborate with other local entities in the arts, giving chorists the opportunity to de- velop their talents both indi- vidually and as a group," said Ms. MaryAnn Cauchi, who is responsible for the choir with- in Arts Council Malta. "This season, we will be see- ing the National Choir work with Heritage Malta, ŻfinMal- ta, and for the first time, marks the Choir's first steps in the world of motion picture indus- try – yet another first for Ko- rMalta, which will be explor- ing new horizons," continued Cauchi. KorMalta's 2021/22 Season Programme can be viewed on www.kormalta.mt. Tickets and detailed information on events will be released in the coming weeks and months.