THE OLD BRIDGE is heavily laden with stark angles and suggestive contrasts. Thick, sweeping brushstrokes and powerful lines furiously dictate the austere mood. In reality, the depicted bridge links the Upper Barrakka Gardens to another part of the city's fortificated walls. The subject is locally known as 'the bridge of suicides' due to its role of freeing unfortunate souls of their material troubles.

Keith Balzan

 

Related Paintings: MADLIENA BRIDGE, SUNSET OVER THE VALLEY