The Museum of Modern Art, Wales in Machynlleth is offering a feast for the eyes this Christmas with seven exhibitions of modern sculptures, ceramics, portrait and landscape paintings.
There should be something for every taste and many of the works are for sale. Peter McNally’s exhibition, ‘The Stream and The Steam - Y Nanta’r Ager’, runs until January 16 and features a selection of paintings from the past 30 years reflecting his interest in modern art movements and the influence of his early life in Blaenau Ffestiniog. The Moelwyn mountains are a repeated theme throughout his work.
Bob Guy’s exhibition, titled ‘Embrace the Hills - Cofieido’r Bryniau’, which also runs until January 16, is part of a project for which he is producing wood engravings to celebrate 40 years in Montgomeryshire and the various places he has lived around the Tanat and Cain valleys.
Specialising in wood engraving, a technique pioneered in the late 18th century by Thomas Bewick and revived in the 20th century, Bob has recently been elected a member of the Society of Wood Engravers.
Simon Fenoulhet’s Counting in Colour – Cyfrif Mewn Lliw, which ends on January 16, is part of a series of light installations that uses the accidental colours in modern manufacturing, looking for sense and meaning where none is supposed to reside.
It could be a metaphor for our own reaction to the strange world of manufactured goods that surround us while at the same time celebrating the curious aesthetic that exists in the most unlikely places.
Simon studied fine art at both Newport and Cardiff Colleges of Art, gaining a Masters Degree in 1987. Since then he has worked throughout Wales as an artist, educator and public art consultant. He was a founding staff member of Cywaith Cymru Artworks Wales, the national organisation for public art in Wales and served as its deputy director between 1991 and 2002. On Wednesday, February 9, he will give a free talk at noon at MOMA, Wales.
An exhibition of ceramics and paintings by Eluned Glyn and her father Glyn Tomos runs until January 23. Eluned graduated with a first class degree in ceramics in 2012 and describes herself as a ceramic designer. She is interested in the deconstruction and distortion of domestic pottery into a familiar yet foreign form.
Glyn is primarily interested in figurative drawing and painting. During his teaching career, he taught art at Ysgol Maes-y-Dderwen, Ystradgynlais, Ysgol Pantycelyn, Llandovery, Ysgol Bro Dyfi, Machynlleth and finally, in 1990, Penweddig, Aberystwyth before retiring in 2010.
Two of his works are held in the Tabernacle Collection but he rarely exhibits. Eluned will be giving a free talk at noon on Wednesday, January 13.
Dan Roberson’s exhibition, titled ‘Pivotal Moments & Memories1975-2015 - Eiliadau ac Atgofion Allweddol 1975-2015’, ends on January 23. Dan describes himself as a painter who is inspired by the people and places that surround him. It is of great importance to him that his work is accessible to all; his aim is to stimulate but never to alienate.
Painting, he believes, is the perfect vehicle for this. A lifelong painter, Dan returned to education as a mature student in 2006 and obtained a first class degree in fine art from Aberystwyth University and a masters degree with distinction.
The exhibition titled ‘Our Glorious Coastline - Ein Harfordir Godidog’, which ends on March 5, is a themed selection of paintings from the Tabernacle Collection by Mike Briscoe, Andrea Kelland, Judy Linnell, Jean Napier, Arthur Charles Kemp, David Tress, Therese Urbanska, Gill Watkiss, Geoff Yeomans, as well as work by Wynne Jenkins and Josephine Thomas.
Howard Bowcott’s exhibition, titled ‘Raising Stones - Codi Cerrig’, which ends on January 9 is ongoing.
MOMA, Wales is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm.
Picture caption:
Simon Fenoulhet with a work from his 'Counting in Colour' exhibition.
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Notes for the Editor
The Museum of Modern Art, Wales (MOMA, WALES) was established in 1991 alongside The Tabernacle in Machynlleth. It is owned and run by Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust which is funded by grants and public donations. Throughout the year, the galleries show contemporary art, featuring leading artists from Wales, works from the growing Tabernacle Collection and, in August, selected entries from the Tabernacle Art Competition.
Many of the works of art are for sale. The current exhibition programme is supported by the Arts Council of Wales. In May 2015 "The Tannery" was opened after many years of fundraising and restoration of this historic industrial building. This contains two galleries, connected to the main building by a bridge, one of which is specifically for sculpture. This brings the number of exhibition spaces up to seven.
For more information please contact: Lucinda Middleton, Richard and Ann Mayou Fund Curator at lucinda@momawales.org.uk or Tel: 01654703355
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