AR LAN Y MOR / AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Tue 15 May-Sun 8 July
From William Turner to Ringo Starr, the sea has often provided an infinite amount of inspiration to artists of all shapes and sizes. It’s in the simultaneously calm and turbulent spaces where land meets sea that so many of these passions are ignited, whether through a sandy childhood holiday or a day spent watching the coast attacked by a storm surge. What better location, then, for a mixed media immersive exhibition celebrating all that happens {At The Edge Of The Sea} than Aberystwyth Arts Centre – right by Cardigan Bay, one of the most impressive sections of Wales’ 870-mile-long coastline.
From May to July, this group exhibition will take over the Centre’s main gallery, where artists, in answer to an open call, have submitted works in the forms of textiles, ceramics, paintings, photographs, sculpture and films. This includes Helen Pugh’s exquisite textiles, crafted from found objects on beachcombing trips to the seaside, Paul Butler’s paintings juxtaposing banal seaside imagery with dramatic rock figures, Tim Pugh’s photographs of his site-specific painted rock installations, inspired by fragments of washed up Victorian pottery and Jane Williams’ bold ceramics based on sea debris. You must also look out for the odd divebombing seagull by David Jones. Whether a landlubber or seadog, this will provide a fine reason to visit Aberystwyth in the coming months.
Admission: free. Info: 01970 623232 / www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk (SS)