Antony Micallef's muse is the Siren...
She walks through the passages and archways of your veins with disgust and contempt for the broken muscles of your past, vexing your soul... infecting it with unwanted pleasure and sexual heat. Your core spills guts but you feel glory, while lack of redemption remains the heart of your story...
Siren (detail), oil on linen, 140x140cm
Parasite (detail), oil on linen, 280x280 cm
Face, oil on linen, 80x100cm
Red Siren (detail), oil and charcoal on linen, 140x140cm
Christ Head, oil on linen, 140x140cm
"It’s less about messages and... more about painting...and taking that as far as I can go"
"When you go to museums and see work by old masters or whatever art you are into, I think it’s important to gather knowledge because at that time you can always dismiss it. You can choose to take it on board or not. It’s a bit ignorant to think ‘I’m not looking at that type of art.’ Look at minimalism, for example. My work is not minimalist at all, but you can understand why it works. Same goes for music or anything really – it’s important to gather that knowledge before you dismiss it. Then you take a bit of it or just leave it behind."
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