Galleries - March 2014

PEMBROKESHIRE j HARBOUR LIGHTS GALLERY Porthgain, nr St Davids Pembrokeshire SA62 5BL The Frame Shop, Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9HQ Specialises in exhibiting a wide selection of Original Paintings, Limited Edition Prints and Sculpture from Wales’ leading artists in our Gallery in Pembrokeshire and our Outlet in Pontcanna Cardiff. With Original work from John Knapp Fisher, Kyffin Williams, William Selwyn, Aneurin Jones, Meirion Jones and many more. info@art2by.com www.art2by.com t 01348 831549 k ORIEL Y PARC St Davids, Pembrokeshire SA62 6NW Celebrating the landscape of Wales in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru –National Museum Wales. Picturing Castles. Nov 16–May 5. Historic watercolours, oil paintings and drawings from the 1670s to the mid 19th century, depicting castles from all over Wales, including Carew, Cilgerran, Pembroke and Manorbier. www.orielyparc.co.uk t 01437720392 MONMOUTHSHIRE l THE ART SHOP 8 Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EH A collection as bright as a spring sun . . . Feb 4–Apr 5. Work by new artists and makers. Tue–Sat 9.15–5, admn free admin@artshopandgallery.co.uk www.artshopandgallery.co.uk t 01873 852690 David Barron RCA, long term Academician and Printmaker from Swansea. Mar 1–Apr 5. The longest-established (1881) artist-led organisation in Wales, current members include Malcolm Edwards, Aneurin Jones and ShaniRhys James to name but a few. Tue–Sat 11–5, admn free rca@rcaconwy.org www.rcaconwy.org t/f 01492 593413 DENBIGHSHIRE h RHYL LIBRARY GALLERY Museum and Arts Centre Church Street, Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 3AA Flowers of Fire by North Wales Potters. Mar 22–May 17. An exhibition of new ceramics made by members of North Wales Potters showcasing domestic-ware, unique sculptural pieces and rare collectors’ items. Mon/Tue 10–5 (closed 1–2) Sat 10–12.30 t 01745 882523 www.denbarts.wordpress.com GWYNEDD i ORIEL PLAS GLYN-Y-WEDDW Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 7TT Exhibition to celebrate the centenary year of R.S. Thomas. Also, an exhibition of new work by Stephen John Owen. Until Mar 23. Open Daily 10–5 (closed Tue from Oct–May excluding school hols) enquiry@oriel.org.uk www.oriel.org.uk t 01758 740763 MARCH 2014 GALLERIES 21 m NEW LEAF GALLERY 19 Church Street, Monmouth NP25 3BX ‘Nostalgia’ / 3 Women Artists. Mar 1–Apr 5. Becky Adams stitched and printed textiles, book arts; Mary Edwards oils, nostalgic snapshots of country life; Mariette Voke paintings of vintage clothing and everyday objects resonating with moments and events. (In support of Monmouth Women’s Festival, Mar 5–12.) Closed Mon Mar 10 for event. Mon–Sat 10–5, admn free info@newleafgallery.co.uk www.newleafgallery.co.uk t 01600 714527 POWYS n MOMA WALES Y Tabernacl, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 8AJ Clyde Holmes: Studio Works. Until Mar 8. Discovering Dylan: A Tribute to Dylan Thomas. Until Mar 8. Tabernacle Collection: Prints and Drawings. Until Apr 26. Geoff Wilde: Frozen Music. Until May 3. John Lavrin: Country Matters. Mar 15–May 3. Tabernacle Collection: Paintings. Mar 15–Jun 21. Mon–Sat 10–4 info@momawales.org.uk www.momawales.org.uk t 01654 703355 f 01654 702160 Brian Rice ‘Flasher’ 1967 Painter-printmaker Brian Rice’s 50 year career has been, by any standards, a slow-burning and distinctly unconventional one that included, from the late 70s, giving up on the London art- world and going to run a small 50 acre farm in West Dorset. This he somehow managed to combine with teaching at Brighton for 19 years but there was, for a decade or more, little new work and no shows. Then, suddenly, in the early 90s he got going again with a vengeance, to the point where a massive new catalogue raisonné of the prints has just been published, an early works show in London (at the Redfern last month) and this important retrospective exhibition of his prints at Belgrave St Ives . It was that time in West Dorset that seems to have proved crucial as it turns out, the marks of ancient man he discovered in that landscape adding a poetic layer of depth and meaning to the earlier hard-edge abstraction. Nicholas Usherwood THUMB nails