Buzz Magazine April 2014 | Page 51

art spective on an everyday functional object transformed and re-examined through artistic interpretation and representation,” is what the folks at the gallery are saying. (From Fri 4 until Fri 25 Apr) Martin Tinney Gallery 18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales. com Ceri Richards: The Dylan Thomas Works Paintings and drawings by one deceased icon of Welsh artistic expression, Richards, which were inspired by another, Thomas. This exhibition includes the famed Dylan Thomas Suite of lithographs, and all work will be for sale. I don’t know if that means that said Suite might be broken up and put into private hands. Maybe the gallery will tell you if you ask. (Until Sat 5 Apr) Arenig The death in 1914 of James Jackson Innes, important UK post-impressionist artist, has its centenary marked with an exhibition of especially commissioned new work by Wales’ leading contemporary landscape painters, inspired by locations including Arenig Fawr – a mountainous Welsh area where he produced some of his best known work. (From Wed 9 Apr until Sat 3 May) Mission Gallery Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free. 01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Beca Beeby This season’s Maker In Focus, Beeby makes delicate pieces from Copper, where noted. 029 2057 3500 / www.nmgw.ac.uk Wales Visitation: Poetry, Romanticism And Myth In Art Exhibition which takes inspiration from Allen Ginsberg’s poem Wales Visitation, which he wrote in 1967 after exploring the Welsh countryside while tripping balls. Featured artists include David Jones, Richard Long, Graham Sutherland and Clare Woods. (Until Sun 7 Sept) Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Annual competition showcasing the best in photographic images of the natural world. (Until Sun 22 June) Landscapes By J.D. Innes: Beauty Most Wild Marking the centenary of Welsh artist James Dickson Innes’ artist’s death, the exhibition will shed new light on the work of this unjustly neglected artist. Supported by the Brecknock Art Trust. (From Sat 12 Apr until Sun 20 July) National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 638950. Love Swansea Glass The return of the museum’s popular celebration of love and romance in the form of fragile glass hearts, in time for Santes Dwynwen and St Valentine’s days. (Until Sun 11 May) Norwegian Church Arts Centre Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am3pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www.norwegianchurchcardiff. com Cardiff-based Paul Reas’ Day Dreaming About The Good Times? exhibition comes to Ffotogallery in Penarth (until Sat 10 May), having previously been shown in Bradford, where he grew up. It offers an evocative photographic take on various aspects of British culture in the 80s and 90s. graphite and porcelain among others, inspired by her work with honeybees. Nominative determinism forever! (Until Sun 6 Apr) Laura Reeves Held in the gallery’s ‘[...] Space’, Reeves – a recent recipient of the Jane Phillips Award – presents multi-disciplinary work based around research into John Dillyn Llewellyn’s orchid house, and later orchids in general. (Until Sun 6 Apr) Michael Cousin Work presented in ‘the [...] space’, described here as “a programme for artists’ film and moving image”. (From Tue 8 Apr until Sun 11 May) Vanessa Cutler Works in glass as part of the Makers In Focus series. (From Tue 8 Apr until Sun 18 May) Civic Work by Anna Barratt, Owen Griffiths, Jason&Becky, Catriona Ryan, Huw Griffiths Architects, Lindsay Halton, Niall Maxwell and Andrew Nixon (Powell Dobson), taking place in this gallery and across Swansea, using and responding to the urban space. (From Sat 12 Ap