“Typically we are approached by local or global brands looking for implementation in our own country and then more recently, extending to the rest of Africa” says Marcus Brewster, founder and chairperson of the firm. “This is a breakthrough year for us and an indicator of the strength of our own PR brand in being asked to represent an overseas client in their offshore market”.

“Clare-Talbot is looking to create a profile and build a market for her art throughout the EU. Her current exhibition in Malta is a strategic communication build to creating opportunity around the upcoming Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture which will open many doors for her as an artist”.

titled “Lacey & Lace”, Clare-Talbot’s exhibition celebrates this iconic Maltese craft through the lens of beauty and stills photography and showcases 18 works accentuating lace as the common theme.

“The concept for this exhibition was born from my love of lace” says the artist. “From my years of shooting for glossy magazines like Elle, Glamour and Marie Claire, I found that I instinctively visualised my imagery in a double page layout. I wanted to echo that idea in my exhibition by creating images as a two-part story.”

“Lacey & Lace” features nine beauty portraits each exploring a different theme and flavour, with each portrait paired with a complementary still. Although all the images will be exhibited in pairs, each can still exist in their own right.

“From the onset, my aim was to create images that were extremely textured and layered” says Clare-Talbot. “As lace is the common thread, I explored the concept by integrating the fabric in the styling aspects of the subject matter, and then layering the images digitally afterwards by incorporating scanned-in pieces of the textile. It is my hope that the photographed lace and scanned lace are not obviously differentiated from one other, but viewed blended to create the layered effect.”

The final pieces are printed on canvas at 80 x 120cm each, to fully appreciate the layered textures.

Each beauty portrait is titled by incorporating the girls name Lacey, and each complementary still using the word Lace.

“Lacey & Lace” has been curated by Claude Camilleri of Gallery Marcoux.

The exhibition runs at Le Meridien St Julians Hotel & Spa, Malta until the end of August 2016.

In May, marcusbrewster was announced as the Best Offshore PR Agency: South Africa at the 2016 Offshore Excellence Awards in London. marcusbrewster services the strategic communications needs of several international firms, including global software giant SAP and Danish lifestyle brand Skagen.

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