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With Julian Mallia’s new exhibition – Julinu’s Radioactive Ravioli – now open, there’s ample time for you to enjoy the talent and humour in this exciting display. Jo Caruana discovers the connection between pop-surrealist art and pasta. Julian MalliA radioactive rhapsody in oil
With Julian Mallia’s new exhibition – Julinu’s Radioactive Ravioli – now open, there’s ample time for you to enjoy the talent and humour in this exciting display. Jo Caruana discovers the connection between pop-surrealist art and pasta. Julian Mallia – aka Julinu – isn’t one for keeping things average; he never quite fit a mould. In fact, although he originally graduated in psychology, he has since crafted a life for himself as an illustrator, fine artist and graphic designer – recently earning him recognition from the AOI World Illustration Awards. More recently he was featured in The Power and Influence of Illustration, a book about contemporary illustration published by Bloomsbury UK, alongside a handful of world-renowned illustrators, including Dave McKean (who designed comic-book covers for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman), Gerald Scarfe (creator of Pink Floyd’s The Wall), Milton Glaser (the man behind Bob Dylan’s iconic psychedelic poster) and cartoonist Quentin Blake (best known for illustrating Roald Dahl’s books). Now, he has just launched his latest work – a collection of 17 pop surrealist oil paintings under the title of Julian’s Radioactive Ravioli. It will be on show... Read more











