Oriel King Street Gallery, Carmarthen
Fri 8-Thu 21 Apr
The title pretty much speaks for itself when you hear it, ‘still life in the post-industrial age’. That’s what you get with the emerging Welsh sculptor and fine artist, Ceredig Ap Dafydd.
The young artist’s work is said to elegantly and simply deconstruct the materialistic world we’re used to, through a subtle adaptation of values. Why do we value things differently when together they make up everything we want and need? That is exactly what is explored in his exhibition, it’s a collective of life-related things that when broken down to their core, are made simple again.
Ceredig ap Dafydd’s exhibition is solely focused on the untold and unobserved beauty that is often overlooked due to its complete normality and simplicity, small things we see regularly on a day-to-day basis. This month you’ll see his work breaking down things in our material world through the use of properties, functions and values.
“I try to use conventional building materials and apply or present them in a way that considers anew the fabricated environment humans have built around themselves.” By using typical building materials that we’re used to, Dafydd creates that connection that we usually disassociate ourselves from. Pieces of his work at the exhibition include Blocks, Cabbage Detail, and Still Life Tins.
Admission: free. Info: 012670 220121 / www.kingstreetgallery.co.uk
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