Books
Philip Chircop: Abstract Expressions
2010
ISBN: 978-99932-0-861-7
336 pages
Progress Press Malta
This book is about the art of Philip Chircop (1943-2019), a key figure of abstract painting in Malta.
This study traces his determination from a young age to engage in the world of the visual arts, his innate talents and his rise and involvement in the struggle for modern expression in an island that favoured traditional and conservative thought and principles.
The book has over 200 illustrations, a detailed chronology and a list of personal and collective exhibitions.
The book is in English with an Italian translation.