Oriel Myrddin Gallery
Church Lane
Carmarthen
SA31 1LH
Tel +44 0 1267 222 775
Open 10am - 5pm Mon - Sat
Closed bank holidays
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Cornelia Parker
Neither From Nor Towards
3 March - 7 April 2007
Neither From Nor Towards, 1992,
Cornelia Parker, Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
In 'Neither From Nor Towards' the brick remnants of
an eroded house hang suspended in stilled animation in
the work of British artist Cornelia Parker, who was nominated
for the Turner prize in 1997. Her work often depicts a moment
in time, which has been halted. In 'Neither From Nor Towards',
the bricks are resonant with their previous life, reminding us
of the passage of time over which we have no control. Parker
rescues and reinterprets the ordinary, which is transformed
by the gallery setting into something poetic and extraordinary.
Simon Carroll
Suggestion and Statement
14 April - 26 May 2007
Thrown square vase on round feet, slip-painted earthenware
with honey and tin glaze, 850 x 250mm, 2005
Simon Carroll's vessels challenge the conventional
boundaries of ceramic tradition and practice. His work is
influenced by a diverse range of artists, including Picasso
and Miro. These energetic, proud forms are both tactile
and sculptural. Carroll works his clay intensely, and in
'Suggestion and Statement' he gives us a unique opportunity
to enjoy the dynamism and vitality of a complete body of work.
On tour from Tate Gallery, St Ives.
Made It
2 June - 23 June 2007
Oriel Myrddin Gallery has been working with schools in
Carmarthenshire, establishing and developing creative relationships
through gallery visits, practical workshops and artist placements in
schools. 'Made It' is a celebration of the responses and achievements
of all those pupils who have worked with the gallery over the last
twelve months.
Llif
30 June - 8 September 2007
'Pod-i', Natural Hemp, 2005, Ann Harrington-Rees
'Llif' is a selection of the work of fourteen craft makers
who are all closely linked to Wales. The exhibition is a
selection of textiles, ceramics, metal-work, jewellery
and basket making. The exhibitors are all responsive to
the emotional, aesthetic or iconographic spirit of Wales.
Some humorously take its cultural traditions and
idiosyncrasies to celebrate the 'hwyl' that informs
these fascinating objects. Others directly reference
the landscape. Many of the makers are Welsh born, now
exiled, whilst others have adopted Wales as their
home, 'Llif' alludes to the ebb and flow of the lives
and practice of these makers.
Partnership project with Flow Gallery, London.
Gareth Hugh Davies
Olion
15 September - 3 November 2007
Aubade, oil on canvas, 100cm x 150cm, 2007
An exhibition of contemporary paintings by Carmarthenshire
based Gareth Hugh Davies. In the series of paintings that make
the exhibition 'Olion', events are described through the suggested
absence of the figure. Davies paints spaces in which tracks, traces
and trails in the landscape imply an ongoing or disturbed narrative.
These paintings express an anxiety and sense of loss, yet also
seem to offer some comfort; in the darkening forest a glowing
light illuminates the front porch of an isolated home. Davies
implies a troubling ambiguity about whether these lights illuminate
the unspeakable, or offer refuge from it.
A catalogue to accompany the show is available from the Gallery.
Hoar Frost
10 November - 5 January 2008
Hoar Frost (detail), wire mesh, corex, light, Jess Shaw, 2003
'Hoar Frost' is a beautiful seasonal and dramatic selection of design
and craft pieces displayed in the main gallery. All work is for sale -
Collectorplan, an interest free credit scheme is available.
Exhibiting artists include: Jess Shaw, Ivan Black, Clare Henshaw,
Laura
Baxter and Roger Cecil.
More Christmas gifts, cards and decorations available in the
gallery shop.
The Everyday
12 January - 23 February 2008
Asato Kamiyama, 2007
An exhibition of craft and design in which seven selected international artists were asked to respond to the idea of the 'everyday'. Simone ten Hompel then curated a selection of their work which is presented on an ingenious cardboard box table by Michael Marriott. The outcome of the creative brief is anything but 'everyday'. Each artist has produced objects of exceptional subtlety wit and beauty which elevate everyday functional objects to lovely and beguiling forms.
On tour from Flow Gallery London.
Julia Brooker
Sweetie
1 March - 19 April 2008
Julia Brooker, 2008
Julia Brooker is a highly regarded Cardiff based artist who has developed her career as a painter of large, radiant, abstract works. Her specialism is colour and light, which she captures to brilliant effect on the aluminuim surfaces she favours. There is a purity and simplicity to her work that appeals to contemporary sensibility and taste. However, they are also touching, contemplative, and sensual. Julia strives to produce works of beauty and joy that reflect the wonder of nature. This what she wants to communicate. The exhibition 'Sweetie' is a celebratory one, heralding light and spring, and the inspiration that new bloom and colour can bring.
My Giant Colouring Book
Jake and Dinos Chapman
21 April - 31 May 2008
My Giant Colouring Book 19, 2004
Copyright Jake and Dino Chapman and The Paragon Press London
A series of 21 etchings by Jake and Dinos Chapman. Many of the images explore dark and subversive themes for which the Chapman Brothers have become infamous. In this series of prints the innocence of childhood and in particular dot-to-dot drawing is challenged with reference to political and moral decline, art historical allegory, and ghoulish iconography.
A Hayward touring exhibition, from the Arts Council Collection, London.
The Bag Show
7 June - 19 July 2008
Hans Madsen, 2008
The
Bag Show includes over forty exclusive designs by students, recent
graduates and staff from the Royal College of Art, London.
Designs range from oversize
totes to exquisite evening clutch bags, all are beautifully made and
are complete one-offs never to be repeated.
On tour from Flow Gallery London.
Focus Ceramics
26 July - 6 September 2008
Sara Moorhouse, 2008
Fireworks Clay Studios marks its tenth anniversary with an exhibition of ceramics by members of this celebrated craft co-operative. The Cardiff based ceramics studio is home to some of Wales' most innovative and successful ceramicists.
In the studio gallery, recent ceramics graduates from West Wales School of the Arts in Carmarthen have been selected to exhibit their work in a unique collaboration between the gallery and the college.
In the retail area there will be an exceptional selection of ceramics for sale by internationally acclaimed makers.
Sparks
13 September - 4 October 2008
Celebrating the creative talent of pupils from Carmarthenshire Schools who have been involved in the gallery’s outreach programme during the last year. Sparks explores through the outcomes of artist residencies in primary schools the role that artists and galleries can play in relation to childrens' learning; including projects with the new Foundation Phase curriculum.
Drawing Together from the Everyday
with Pip Woolf
11 October - 1 November 2008
Pip Woolf is interested in the power of individual mark making as a fundamental human activity, and in encouraging drawing as a form of individual expression. During ‘Big Draw’ month, Oriel Myrddin Gallery invites students from West Wales School of the Arts, Aalton House and Cross Hands Primary School to work with Pip to create a sight-specific collaboration that explores interpretations of ‘the everyday’.
All Of These Things
56 Group Wales
8 November - 31 December 2008
Brendan Stuart Burns, 'Liquid Light Series 2006', 5 July
Since the establishment of Group 56 in 1956, the art world has dramatically changed into a media savvy, confident arena. During those years the Group has survived, evolved and indeed thrived. It continues to be an important artistic collective within the Welsh field. 'All Of These Things' will feature the work of some of Wales' most respected artists, each of whom speaks with integrity and vision about their place, time and context.
Tony Cragg
New Stones, Newton's Tones
10 January - 21 February 2009
Tony Cragg, New Stones - Newton's Tones, 1978
In Tony Cragg's seminal work 'New Stones - Newton's Tones', plastic debris is arranged by colour category on the gallery floor. Cragg suggests that physical matter, and the break-up and re-ordering of it, is fundamental to our experience of the world and that it literally grounds us in our understanding of self. Cragg's prolific and internationally acclaimed output has profoundly influenced contemporary sculptural practice.
My Place
Film Open
1 March - 28 March 2009
The films, by eight selected artists, offer a unique and intriguing interpretation on the subject, and invite the viewer to think of their own 'my place'. There is a variety and depth in the selection: some offer a strong sense of personal insight and reflection; some a sense of journey; some reflect on a locality; some question identity and longing; some define a relationship or disseminate on a role. The films are many things; expressively setimental; sensitive; beautiful; poignant and funny.
The eight selected artist/film makers are:
Jenni Steele, Rabab Ghazoul, Linda John, Jacob Whittaker, David Marchant, Hannah Marie Thomas, Maia Conran and Miranda Whall.
Hearing Voices
Susan J Adams
28 February - 7 March 2009
Detail from 'Hearing Voices' dry-point print, Susan J Adam, 2008
The hearing of voices has spiritual and cultural implications historically, not just through accounts of the lives of the saints and hermits but reaching far beyond into prehistory. Largely because of the stigma and taboo associated with “abnormal” mind experiences and mental health issues today we seldom have a chance to consider the visionary and creative potential in the phenomenon of voice-hearing. Artist, Susan J Adams is showing a series of 14 dry-point prints in the gallery studio to promote interest and discussion about hearing voices as something much more than a “pathological” experience.
As a visual artist attempting to understand what it is like to live with voices, Susan has listened to people talk about their experiences and drawn on published accounts of voice-hearers and seminal texts.
The project has the financial support of the Arts Council of Wales through a Safle Good Ideas Residency Award. It is also funded by the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007 - 2013 which is financed by the European Union and the Welsh Assembly Government.
Crafted
Contemporary Craft and Fine Art
4 April - 16 May 2009
Image: Paul Avis
Crafted is an exhibition celebrating the materials, processes and techniques involved in the making of extraordinary objects, often using traditional methods to acheive a subversive result. Each maker is fascinated by the physical outcomes that transform their material, however mundane or workaday, into something remarkable. Whether through technology, inventiveness, virtuosity; or the rhythms and repetitions of making, or the investment of time and diligence, these objects are captivating. They express a new mood of exchange, between contemporary craft, art and design.
Mark Folds
Comfort Zone
23 May - 4 July 2009
Mark Folds, Comfort Zone, 2009
Mark Folds is a Carmarthenshire based artist. His work, as he puts it, injects 'a slight wobble into the everyday'. He makes 'outstallations'. By making small physical changes to a place, Mark anticipates a change in his audiences' perceptions. By sowing subtle visual seeds, he encourages us to look again, to re-think and re-engage with our environment. His work triggers questions about commonly held and learned perceptions; by turning these on their head he offers an alternative way of seeing.
WOOD
11 July - 5 September 2009
WOOD - an exhibition of witty, innovative and ethically designed products for the home and garden. From a bird feeder that serves to capture a fleeting moment in time to a toy car that functions as a door stop, this exhibition focuses on one specific material - wood.
The exhibition presents 11 desirable products created by TEN, a group of ten designer who collaborate once a year to explore sustainable and intelligent solutions to design. Working in partnership with the Crafts Council, TEN illustrate that sustainable design can be creative and original.
On tour from The Crafts Council.
Orchard
Edwina Bridgeman
12 September - 31 October 2009
Edwina Bridgeman, 2007
A magical exhibition inspired by the stories and folklore of the orchard in the British imagination. Edwina Bridgeman brings a sense of "unihibited joy...a unique childlike vision" to her installation and invites the visitor to sit at the kitchen table and record and contribute their own stories and memories in response to the work.
"I am interested in the poetry of the everyday. The materials that I use reflect this, often overlooked and discarded themselves, I am able to bring their stories to my own, inviting the audience to look again at the familiar and ordinary presented in an extraordinary way". Edwina Bridgeman.
On tour from New Brewery Arts, Cirencester.
A Winter's Tale
Christmas exhibition
7 November - 31 December 2009
Becky Adams
The long winter's evenings are a time for tall tales and magical stories. Oriel Myrdin Gallery's Christmas exhibition brings together a collection of work by local and national artists and makers, all of whom use ideas of story-telling and narrative.
Tina Carr and
Annemarie Shöne
Once We Were Birds
9 January - 20 February 2010
Edit and Sandi 2009
Award winning photographers, Tina Carr and Annemarie Shöne set out at the beginning of May 2009 on a journey from the UK to Hungary to meet, speak with, listen to and work with Roma individuals, groups and agencies; documenting aspects of their lives, opinions and aspirations.
Staying on campsites in
Reap and Sew
Contemporary Craft and Design
27 February - 3 April 2010
Teresa Green
A spring-time exhibition of craft and design. Beautiful and useful objects influenced by nature, growth, gardens and flowers.
Outsider
10 April - 15 May 2010
Louise Burton - Imogen
An exhibition of selected works by eight contemporary artists either living or working in Wales. This fascinating exhibition deals with intriguing ideas about the notion of the outsider. Each work offers insight into the nature of difference and otherness; some deal explicitly and poignantly with the identity of the outsider, others allude to the emotional and physical effect of being an outsider. Some artists introduce the possibility of positivity and humour in navigating this rocky terrain.
Bathing Beauties: Re-imagining the Beach Hut for the 21st Century
22 May - 3 July 2010
Cheese
An international exhibition of over 60 models designed by artists and architects, which re-imagine the British beach hut for the first time in three hundred years.
A Hub Touring Exhibition.
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