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JOHFRA DURING HIS FINAL YEARS, L. Caruana

IN HIS STUDIO ABOVE GALERIE LA LICORNE.
Notice the grey underpaintings to his left,
waiting their color layers.
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INTRODUCTION
Standing alone in the studio where Johfra painted
for the last twenty five years, I see on the easel an
unfinished landscape, its grey underpainting still to
be glazed. On the table lie his sketchbooks and
journals, his brushes and paints. And on the shelf
nearby repose optical instruments and animal skulls,
twisted tree trunks and geometric figures. Among
them stands a bust of Michelangelo. Meanwhile, on
the walls are Da Vinci prints and a photo of Dali. I
take in each object, decyphering its signifigance.
Right next to the studio, through a low curtained
doorway, lies the small dark bedroom where he slept.
It is crowded with books, many of which I recognize.
To my delight, he even has the same comic books and
monster magazines I read as a child.
What is this strange desire in artists - to reach out
and seek the source of the images? Had I met Johfra
when he was alive, would that meeting have explained
the images any better? (Did his meeting with Dali in
1959 explode the enigma of Dali’s works?)
All we are left with is the silent dialogue which
unfolds between one artist’s work and another’s.

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