Oriel Myrddin Gallery
Church Lane
Carmarthen
SA31 1LH
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Field-notes
Iwan Bala and Menna Elfyn
7 January - 18 February 2012
Iwan Bala - Enwi Llefydd (detail)
Maps have always been a source of inspiration for Iwan Bala. Their intrigue lies in their multiple meanings and their potential for subjective (re)interpretation.
The map combines imagery and word in a meaningful and harmonious relationship. For this exhibition, it is this very dialogue that brought together artist Iwan Bala, and poet and playwright Menna Elfyn. She
comments "…writing is all about field-work…we know too well that we are only passing through as we sub-consciously make our own personal field-notes".
Iwan Bala and Menna Elfyn have collaborated, bringing words and images together; the pieces on show are his field-notes, in response to her poems. Thisexhibition offers an insight into their mutual fascination with'lifting and sifting' through cae hir (long field).
Watch the opening talk given by Professor M Wynn Thomas, Emyr Humphreys Chair of Welsh Writing in English at Swansea University with Poet, Menna Elfyn here
Lab Craft
On tour from Crafts Council, London
25 February - 7 April 2012
Assa Table Loop Light (position twist), Assa Ashuach, 2010, Polyamide. Photo: Nick Moss
Lab Craft features 26 makers who combine hand, mind, eye, technical mastery of tools and materials, and aesthetic sensibility, with cutting-edge digital technologies. Using rapid prototyping, laser cutting, laser scanning and digital printing, Lab Craft explores the use of technology as an extension to the capabilities of the human hand.
Curated by Max Fraser, the exhibition includes work by some of the most experimental names currently working in craft and design, including; Tord Boontje, Michael Eden, Gareth Neal, Timorous Beasties and Nina Tolstrup, with many showing innovative work previously unseen. Textiles, ceramics, furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting and much more are presented to engage and intrigue anyone with an interest in craft, materials, design, and technology.
Coal Dust Mandala
Jonathan Anderson
14 April - 26 May 2012
Jonathan Anderson - Coal Dust Mandala
"My work is about impermanence…"
The temporal nature of Anderson's work is exemplified by his preoccupation with coal as both a metaphor and medium. Coal is made from ancient carbon deposit; it could be seen to represent both our beginning, and ultimately our end.
Additionally in the context of South Wales, it is loaded with socio-political meaning and symbolism. Somehow Anderson counter-balances its emotive heritage with the mysterious beauty of its actual substance; its seductive shimmering darkness. Anderson uses coal in an almost ritualistic way, on a daily basis, to make his coal dust 'mandala'. Each work is composed of a carefully executed solid form which is produced by applying layers of coal dust onto a selected piece of ephemeral material. The works take on a transcendent and poetic power.
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