A Contemporary African Art Exhibition co-curated by Sarah Abdu Bushra & Christine Xuereb Seidu
Commissioned by Spazju Kreattiv
Project managed by Christine Xuereb Seidu (Christine X Art Gallery)
Supported by Studio Seven & Intervisions
at Space A, Spazju Kreattiv, St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta, Malta
19th September – 9th November 2025
Tuesday – Friday 9am-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am- 9pm
Opening Night: Friday 19th September 2025, 7:00 PM
Contact details: phone / email: +356 99844653
info@christinexart.com
www.christinexart.com
Artists:
Berhanu Ashagrie (Ethiopia)
Tamrat Gezahegne (Ethiopia)
Miriam Hillawi Abraham (Ethiopia)
Eyoeal Kefyalew (Ethiopia)
Kirubel Melke (Ethiopia)
James Muriuki (Kenya)
Rural Futurisms (South Africa)
Fatima Tayob Moosa (South Africa)
Helen Zeru (Ethiopia)
https://kreattivita.org/en/event/how-to-feed-on-majesty-to-become-eloquent/
PRESS
This autumn, Spazju Kreattiv, Malta’s national centre for creativity, proudly presents Anyone Who Feeds on Majesty Becomes Eloquent — a compelling collective exhibition of contemporary African art, on view until 9th November 2025.
Co-curated by Ethiopian curator and writer Sarah Abdu Bushra and Christine Xuereb Seidu of Christine X Art Gallery, the exhibition features nine artists from across Africa: six from Ethiopia (Berhanu Ashagrie, Tamrat Gezahegne, Miriam Hillawi Abraham, Eyoeal Kefyalew, Kirubel Melke, Helen Zeru), two from South Africa (the collective Rural Futurisms and multidisciplinary artist Fatima Tayob Moosa), and Kenyan photographer and curator James Muriuki.
Guided by the question, “Why is it important to speak about land and water, light and time, a system at work?”, the show draws together artists whose work engages with indigenous knowledge systems, spiritual and ecological memory, and political entanglement. Through experimental media and interdisciplinary approaches, the natural world becomes both metaphor and collaborator. The artists explore “epistemologies of the South”—ways of knowing rooted in subaltern histories and landscapes—inviting viewers into a sohbet, a mystical dialogue where grief, decay, and memory shape understanding.
The title, Anyone Who Feeds on Majesty Becomes Eloquent, taken from a poem on the transformative power of friendship, signals the exhibition’s intention: to foster horizontal alliances among artists and their practices. It offers a rare and intimate window into the plurality of contemporary African artistic expression.
Set within the evocative stone chambers of Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta—spaces that echo with histories of empire and sea trade—the exhibition takes on added resonance. Malta’s position as a Mediterranean crossroads provides fertile ground for these works to speak to themes of movement, displacement, and transformation.
To present contemporary African art at Malta’s national centre is more than an act of cultural exchange; it is a step toward broadening the space for globally situated narratives with strong local agency. By placing these nine voices at the heart of Valletta, Spazju Kreattiv extends a powerful invitation: not only to ask how we speak about land, water, time, and light—but how we listen to their stories.
Commissioned by Spazju Kreattiv as part of the 2025-26 programme, this exhibition forms part of the centre’s ongoing commitment to amplifying African contemporary art within the Mediterranean cultural sphere. Entrance to this exhibition, at Space A at Spażju Kreattiv, Castille Square, Valletta is free entrance and is open to the public Tuesday to Friday 9am to 9pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 9pm.
