Cardiff goings on.
Last night, was a very busy day for art in Wales. There was the opening of the solo show of Richard Cox work at Howard Gardens Gallery; The opening of The Institute of Critical Zoologists at Chapter Gallery, with April’s FORUM on Archives & Collections being hosted at Chapter also; Then there was The Man Don’t Give A Fuck at Motorcade FlashParade in Brisol featuring work from 19 artists including fellow UWIC degrees unedited blogger Laura Reeves. All this on the day my car battery dies, typical. As a result I only had time to go to The Institute of Critical Zoologists show and FORUM, ICZ had some fantastic photography work and pin-hole installation light boxes which couldn’t help but remind me of Rumiko Hagiwara’s H series but to a more visually rich result, as ICZ’s work was taken from pinhole shots attached to a bird (I believe it was a Long-Tailed Owl) which conceptually, visually & logistically is very impressive.
FORUM was treated with delights from co-Curator of ICZ, Helen Warburton who was answering questions in regard to the curation and organisation; Rory Duckhouse presenting his series of bought & edited images along with the indexive simulations (narratives to go with the image) and James Green showing his daily collage/drawings which filled an entire shoebox, James was also kind enough to offer all the FORUM-goers one card of their choice, to keep. I went for a rather uncomfortable card of Colonel Gadhafi, Hillary Clinton and multi-coloured stars.
Degree Show is approaching fast; there are 3 more paintings on the way, all maintaining the similar approach as the past Isle of the Dead paintings. If anyone is in the Stroud area next Tuesday until the 8th, I am part of a group show reflecting on distance and intimacy. Come Along!
