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studio in the valleys for some 17 years.( Until Sun 7 July) ARTzheimers Mixed media work produyced in weekly art classes for younger people affected by dementia and their befrienders, which have taken place at the centre for five years.( Until Tue 16 July) Martin Tinney Gallery 18 St Andrew’ s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg @ artwales. com Sally Moore‘ You Never Can Tell’ Barry-born painter who creates highly detailed and dramatic stories of everyday life. She won the 2005 Welsh Artist Of The Year prize, in addition to previous awards.( Until Thurs 4 July) Kevin Sinnott Welsh artist born in 1947 and one of the major names in Welsh
Swansea’ s Elysium Gallery have an exhibition, What Are They Building Down There?, in their new premises. It features work from 16 forwardthinking local artists.
painting since te late 90s. This is his ninth show at this gallery and focuses on the oddities of human relationships.( From Thurs 11 July until Sat 10 Aug) Mission Gallery Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free. 01792 652016. Tom Hunter‘ Unheralded Stories’ East London-based photographer whose work often focuses on the community in that area, and has rewarded him with many commissions and accolades. This is his first Wales show, featuring a set of pictures first displayed in London in 2010.( Until Sun 14 July) Richard James Figurative paintings which take the human form as their key concept, blowing up faces to large scale and conveying differeing images depending on whether they’ re viewed from close up or further away.( From Sat 20 July until Sun 1 Sept) National Library Of Wales Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. Mon-Fri 9.30am-6pm; Sat 9.30am-5pm. Free. 01970 632800. Iwan Bala & Menna Elfyn‘ Field-Notes’ Collaborative venture between Bala, a visual artist, and Elfyn, a poet. For over a year, fragments of Elfyn’ s poems, lists of Welsh place names, family names, critical essays and other scattered references have inspired and sustained Bala’ s drawings; these are presented here as“ a study in progress”.( Until Sat 31 Aug) National Museum & Gallery Cathays Park, Cardiff. Tue- Sun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / www. nmgw. ac. uk Julian Stair‘ Quietus’ Major solo exhibition from one of the world’ s most acclaimed ceramicists, exploring the containment of the human body after death.( Until Sun 7 July) The Eric & Jean Cass Collection Works donated to the Museum by Eric and Jean Cass through
the Contemporary Art Society in 2012. Includes paintings, prints and ceramics by international artists including Karel Appel, Joan Miró, Patrick Caulfield and John Hoyland.( Until Sun 21 July) Holly Davey‘ Nothing Is What It Is Because Everything Is What It Isn’ t’ Site-specific work for the landing area of the Museum’ s Contemporary Galleries. Inspired by Escher and Gordon Matta-Clark, Davey creates a digital collage in which the space is repeated within the architecture.( Until Sun 1 Sept) Pop & Abstract A look at how the‘ swinging 60s’ had an impact on British art, using more vibrant colour and the language of advertising. This exhibition is collectionbased and features Bridget Riley, Peter Blake and David Hockney among many others.
( Until Sun 1 Sept) Dan Rees‘ Kelp’ A new work by the Berlin-based artist using the language of advertising to reinvent traditional Welsh food culture for the modern consumer.( Until Sun 1 Sept) Picturing Castles Exhibition bringing together watercolours, drawings and prints of Welsh castles, from the 1670s-1860s and by artists such as Henry Gastineau, Paul Sandby, Thomas Girtin and Richard Wilson.( Until Sun 29 Sept) Keith Vaughan‘ Figure & Ground’ Approximately 50 prints, drawings and photographs selected from nearly 500 works by Vaughan, who died in 1977. They are held in the School Of Art collection at Aberystwyth University.( From Sat 13 July until Sun 24 Nov) Visions Of Mughal India: The Collection Of Howard Hodgkin Paintings and drawings from the collection of Hodgkin, a British artist who has been collecting Indian art since he was in school. It includes illustrations of epics and myths, royal portraits and scenes of court life and hunting, plus a large group of elephant portraits.( From Sat 27 July until Sun 3 Nov) National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 638950. Josef Herman‘ Llafur’ A celebration of Welsh working people through the art of the Polish refugee who settled in Ystradgynlais during the Second World War. Touring exhibition from the Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru.( Until Sun 22 Sept) Women’ s International Glass Workshop Show of glass panels, previously exhibited to acclaim in Iceland and brings the work of women who specialise in architectural glasswork to Swansea.( Until Sun 22 Sept) Water Under The Bridge A new exhibition looking at how canals in Wales developed, grew and changed over 200 years.( From Sat 6 July until Sun 13 Oct) Norwegian Church Arts Centre Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am- 3pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www. norwegianchurchcardiff.
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com Andrew Coslett & Howard Jones Watercolours and acrylic artworks from local artists.( Until Sun 7 July) The Friday Group Art Exhibition Summer exhibition which“ will consist of many different styles and media which will hopefully appeal to all,” says Christine Pitts of this south Wales art group.( From Tue 9 until Fri 19 July) Gayle Rogers‘ The Valleys’ Drawings and prints studying the semi-rural Welsh environment where Rogers lives.( From Sun 21 until Sun 28 July) Linda Agostini‘ Wild Things’ Abstract paintings and scarves whose patterns are based on the paintings themselves, influenced by“ all things mystical and magical” according to Agostini herself.( From Mon 29 July until Sun 4 Aug) Off The Wall The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff. Tues-Fri 9.30am- 5.30pm, Saturday 10am-4pm. Free. 029 2055 4469 / art @ galleryoffthewall. com Eloise Govier Young Welsh painter whose works have recently been sold for hefty prices in London galleries, and whose style has been compared to Kyffin Williams.( Until Tue 9 July) Ciara Lewis & Rachel Tighe Lewis, based in Shropshire and exhibiting since 1984, works in the expressionistic realist and abstract mediums. Tighe lives in Birmingham, is only 23 years old and draws street scenes and cityscapes in pencil, which she later develops on canvas.( From Thurs 11 July until Tue 6 Aug) Oriel Bach 4 Dunns Lane, Mumbles, Swansea. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm. 01792 361012 / www. orielbach. com Sands Of Time An exhibition of photographs of the Gower Peninsula and Egypt, including unique aerial shots of the West Bank Necropolis. Many of the Egypt photographs include a number of rare and disappearing sites.( Until Sun 11 Aug) Oriel Davies The Park, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries @ orieldavies. org Be Our Guest Existing and new works by over 30 artists( including Absent But Not Forgotten, Angela Lizon, Tiff Oben and Jacki Storey) that invite us to explore the attributes and desires associated with the notion of the traditional bed & breakfast. It’ s an immersive, interactive show divided up into‘ rooms’ that blur the lines between private and public space.( Until Wed 4 Sept) Thomas Goddard‘ Greetings From Bala Lake’ Goddard, an“ artist, researcher, interviewer, reporter, curator and hoaxer,” has been invited to draw on his most recent research developing an online archive documenting the existence of Teggie, a lake monster reported to live in Bala Lake.( Until Wed 4 Sept) Oriel Lliw Pontardawe Arts Centre, Herbert Street, Pontardawe. Free. 01792 863722 / www. npt. gov. uk / theatres Turning Hands‘ Old Sayings And New Truths’ Pontardawebased artist collective bring together their creative heritage of knowledge: camera obscura, exploratory painting and traditional sculpture among other forms.( From Wed 17 July until Fri 9 Aug) |
Oriel Mwldan Bath House Rd, Cardigan. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free. 01239 621200 / siobhan @ mwldan. co. uk Cardigan Art Society Summer Show 2013 Annual exhibition of work from a group of painters who formed over 30 years ago to promote the visual art scene in the area.( Until Sat 6 July) Pete Williams‘ Terrestrial Locomotion’ Williams contrasts scale with form to suggest the significance or insignificance of the figure in landscape. The artist’ s practice which is predominantly process driven, embraces ideas of space and place.( From Sat 13 July until Sat 24 Aug) Oriel Myrddin Church Lane, Carmarthen. 01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery. co. uk Karla Black & Karin Ruggaber Black, from Scotland, uses materials from the domestic( often female) sphere, including sugar paper and eyeshadow, for her sculptures, the fragility of which challenges notions of the form as being monumental. Ruggaber creates wall and floor-based structures and patterns that embrace the materially poetic and subtle.( Until Sat 13 July) Cathryn Weatherhead Illustrator working from Cardiff who designs and produces screen prints inspired by Wales and Welsh culture. Part of this gallery’ s Back Wall series of exhibitions.( Until Sat 13 July) Oriel Q The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am- 5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www. orielqueenshallgallery. org. uk Summer Open Culminatining in an auction of the chosen work on Sun 28 July, the main gallery 3D area will feature assorted ceramics and jewellery by students and well-known artists.( Until Sun 28 July) Oriel Y Parc Gallery & Visitor Centre The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Daily 10am- 5pm. Free. 01437 720392 / info @ orielyparc. co. uk Spirit Of Place: Sutherland And The Romantic Landscape Concerning painter Graham Sutherland’ s 1930s work inspired by the Pembrokeshire landscape, the pieces shown here are from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru, plus Black Landscape, from the Tate.( Until Mon 8 July) Pierhead Building c / o The National Assembly For Wales, Cardiff Bay. Free. 0845 |
010 5500 / info @ pierhead. org South Wales Art Society 126th Summer Exhibition Members are encouraged to enter up to three of their artworks; the deadline for submission has already passed, and they need to be delivered on Mon 1 July. See www. southwalesartsociety. co. uk for full details.( Until Fri 19 July) Pure Art No. 6 Vanguard House, Nelson Quay, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Free. 01646 694591 / gallery @ artpure. co. uk Stan Rosenthal A selling retrospective show of one of Pembrokeshire’ s most influential and innovative artists, who sadly passed away recently.( From Sat 6 until Sat 27 July) Rhondda Heritage Park Trehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taff. Open Tue-Sun 10am- 6pm. Admission free. 01443 682036 / www. rhonddaheritagepark. com Open Art 2013 Annual exhibition selected from open submission, the deadline for which I’ m fairly sure has passed now.( From Sat 6 July until Sat 14 Sept) The Riverfront Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm. Free. 01633 656757. Danny Baker‘ Shine’ Newly commissioned artworks examining the aesthetic power and wider influence of Romani visual arts across the boundaries of culture and language.( Until Sat 13 July) St. Julian’ s School Exhibition Art design, photography, design technology and media work from BTEC, GCSE and A-level pupils.( From Thurs 18 July until Sat 10 Aug) St David’ s Hall The Hayes, Cardiff. 10am- 4pm. Free. 029 2087 8706 / www. stdavidshallcardiff. co. uk Welsh Artist Of The Year 2013 See the Art page for more on this annual competition, now in its 13th year. The overall winner will be announced here on Sun 9 July.( Until Tue 6 Aug) St Donats Arts Centre St Donats Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. Free. 01446 779100 / www. stdonats. com Maja Grecic‘ The Inner And Outer Worlds’ Oil paintings on canvas from a local artist, who says she is influenced by“ every blade of grass, leaf, rock or water flowing, carries vibration of feelings, memories, love in the broadest sense...” [ cont p. 94 ]( From Tue 2 until Fri 26 July) |
Swansea Grand Theatre Singleton St, Swansea. Mon- Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand. co. uk Gowerton School Mixed media works from the art and design portfolios of A-level students at the school.( Until Fri 5 July) Ben Ross & Tim Kelly Ross = conceptual artist / painter from south Wales. Kelly = artist whose work frequently touches on his own mental health issues.( From Tue 9 until Fri 26 July) Swansea University – Research As Art Images and prose from the university’ s Interdisciplinary Research.( From Tue 9 until Fri 26 July) Rona Campbell‘ Ice Dance’ See Art.( From Tue 30 July until Fri 16 Aug) Taliesin Arts Centre Singleton Park, Swansea. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 12pm-6pm and performance evenings 6pm-8.15pm. Free. 01792 295526 / www. taliesinartscentre. co. uk Nikki Cass‘ Shadows Of A Graphic Land’ Glasswork which draws inspiration from natural and urban landscapes, featuring bold abstract colours, expressive paint marks and related form.( Until Sat 3 Aug) Tenby Museum & Art Gallery Castle Hill, Tenby. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, £ 4 /£ 3 /£ 2 kids. 01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum. org. uk Annie Giles Hobbs‘ Response’ Paintings of mixed media and subject. Sales exhibition.( Until Sun 14 July) Darren Yeadon Sculpture. Sales exhibition.( From Sat 20 July until Sun 1 Sept) Theatr Hafren Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am- 5.30pm. Free. 01686 625007 / boxoffice @ theatrhafren. co. uk Anthony Butterfield Selftaught painter who works in oils applied to the reverse side of glass.( Until Sat 13 July) Third Floor Gallery 102 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Wed-Sun 1-7pm. Free. 029 2115 9151 / joni @ thirdfloorgallery. com Vanessa Winship‘ Georgia’ Portraits of citizens of the former Soviet state, courtesy of photograper Winship, who first visited after the Rose Revolution of 2003.( Until Sun 28 July) Velindre Hospital Whitchurch, Cardiff. Open 24 / 7. Free. 029 2075 2251. South Wales Art Society – Permanent Rolling Exhibition Members’ works |
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