“Morning coffee. Applying talcum powder before putting on warm clothes. A hot shower after a long day. Nina’s smell. The smell of spring. The smell of the sea. The smell of the air outside at 5am. The smell of rain. Soaking up the sun after getting out of the sea. Empty beaches. Fresh bed linen. Hot stew and Maltese bread. Mum’s Sunday roast. Finding chocolate when you thought there was none left. Lying on the floor. Cuddles. Washing my hair. Early mornings.
Nina’s smile.”
🌞Wens: Comfortable Silence is a solo exhibition by Rebecca Bonaci, curated by Gabriel Zammit 🌞
In this exhibition Bonaci explores the immense potential of the daily mundane, finding solace in the quiet rhythms of lives lived together in love and intimacy behind closed doors. Drawing from her own experience, Bonaci turns to painting, drawing and sculpture to reveal how the most profound meaning often resides in the smallest of moments—where silence is not emptiness, but a space of connection, memory, and belonging.
At a time when productivity is prioritised over nearly everything else, Bonaci’s choice to depict moments of intimacy with no purpose beyond themselves becomes quietly radical, “offering a moment of stillness in a fast-moving world,” as she phrases it. Her work claims that fulfillment arises not through the ego-driven construction of self, but through giving, through relationality, and through an awareness of the other.
🥂 Join us for the opening on Friday 19th September, 7.30pm onwards at Valletta Contemporary.
📅 19th September - 17th October 2025
📍 Valletta Contemporary Gallery, Valletta
🎟️ Free Entry
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