We’ve all said it before – ‘I went down a rabbit hole’ – usually about YouTube or some obscure internet obsession. But what does that really mean?

At its core, it’s about being transported into something strange, surreal, maybe even a little unsettling. And that’s exactly what The Rabbit Hole Collective is inviting you to do.

Opening on 25th April at il-Kamra ta’ Fuq in Mqabba, this bold exhibition features five contemporary artists – Maria Baldacchino, Karl Fröman, Maria Fröman, SJ Fuerst, and Luca Indraccolo – each diving headfirst into their own bizarre, beautiful, and sometimes twisted universes.

Expect inflatable flamingos, floating apples, LEGO animals, and saints out of place. This is not your typical gallery experience!

SJ Fuerst turns childhood pool toys into museum-worthy hyperrealist paintings. Stuffed like taxidermy and posed against classical backdrops, her inflatables are both hilarious and haunting.

Karl Fröman blends classical painting with childhood nostalgia, immortalising LEGO creatures with a painter’s touch.

Maria Fröman channels Dalí and Magritte with levitating apples and dreamlike still lifes that seem to hover between reality and imagination.

Luca Indraccolo mixes surrealism with social commentary – think a Pulcinella mask peering out from a heap of trash, or sacred icons in strange, jarring settings.

Maria Baldacchino creates enigmatic, floating figures in abstract spaces – stories half-told, or not at all, waiting for the viewer to fill in the blanks.

Tying them together is not only a love for the surreal, but also a lineage. Many of the artists studied at the Florence Academy of Art, bringing classical technique to wildly contemporary ideas.

Curated by Melanie Erixon, The Rabbit Hole Collective will be on display at Il-Kamra ta’ Fuq in Mqabba, between Friday 25th April and Sunday 11th May.

Step in and see where your mind goes!