celfyddydau rhyngwladol walescymru arts international VISUAL ARTS IN WALES CELFYDDYDAU GWELEDOL CYMRU 04 — FOREWORD 06 — ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE 08 — ARTES MUNDI 10 — BLOC 12 — CHAPTER 14 — CHRIS BROWN 16 — DASH ART 18 — FFOTOGALLERY 22 — G39 26 — GLYNN VIVIAN ART GaLLERY 30 — JOHANNES SaaR 32 — HOWARD GaRDENS GaLLERY 34 — LOCWS INTERNATIONAL 36 — MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES 38 — MERmaID AND MONSTER 40 — MOSTYN 44 — ANGHARAD PEARCE JONES 48 — NaTIONAL MUSEUM OF ART 50 — OINTMENT 52 — ORIEL DavIES 54 — TacTILE BOSCH 56 — TRacE COLLECTIVE 60 — RESOURCE LISTINGS 62 — RESOURCE LISTINGS 64 — ARTS COUNCIL OF WaLES 65 — BRITISH COUNCIL WaLES 66 — WaLES ARTS INTERNATIONAL 1 Drift, DVD still 2011 (Detail) by Tim Davies. 54th Venice Biennale. Courtesy of the artist and Tom Rowland Fine Art. © Tim Davies Drift, DVD llun llonydd 2011 gan Tim Davies. 54fed Biennale Fenis. Gyda chaniatad yr artist a Tom Rowland Fine Art. © Tim Davies 02 03 international collaboration and rhyngwladol di-ben-draw sy’n interaction that persists year parhau drwy’r flwyddyn gyfan. round. From fleeting exchanges O’r cyfnewidiadau byr mewn at opulent international events digwyddiadau rhyngwladol to long-term partnerships that ysblennydd i’r partneriaethau bond remote centres of creative tymor hir sy’n gwlwm rhwng practice, artists and producers canolfannau diarffordd yr arfer from Wales approach all with greadigol, bydd artistiaid a FOREWORD personal commitment and chynhyrchwyr o Gymru yn rhoi i’r professional generosity. cyfan eu hymrwymiad personol RHAGAIR a’u haelioni proffesiynol. The multiplicity of practice Ceri Jones and the creative multiplicity of Mae lluosedd yr arfer a Fieldworker roles undertaken is a telling lluosowgrwydd creadigol yr Gweithiwr maes characteristic of the sector in artistiaid hyn yn nodwedd Wales and, together with a drawiadol o’r sector yng strong sense of place, helps Nghymru ac, ynghyd â’r synnwyr drive our creative momentum. cryf o le, mae’n helpu i gynnal ein Artists turn producers turn momentum ceadigol. Artistiaid curators turn administrators. yn troi’n gynhyrchwyr, yn troi’n Generous of spirit, instinctively Yn hael ei hysbryd, yn reddfol This multiplicity isn’t for guraduron, yn troi’n weinyddwyr. inquisitive and tirelessly chwilfrydig ac yn greadigol everyone, but for those that Tydi’r fath luosedd ddim at ddant creative. This is just one ddiflino.D yna un olwg yn have the energy and vision pawb, ond i’r rhai hynny sydd â’r perspective of the Welsh unig ar y genedl Gymreig fel it can manifest happenings egni a’r weledigaeth, gall amlygu nation as exemplified by its yr amlygir hi gan gymuned of such clarity as the site digwyddiadau o’r fath eglurder visual arts community. One y celfyddydau gweledol. Un responsive inter-disciplinary â’r prosiect rhyng-ddisgyblaethol perspective from a country perspectif yn unig o wlad a project En Residencia, ac ymatebol En Residencia, a that might offer you as many allai gynnig i chwi gymaint conceived and curated by Marc luniwyd ac a guradwyd gan alternatives as its three million o ddewisiadau eraill â’i thair Rees and commissioned by Marc Rees a’i gomisiynu gan inhabitants. miliwn o drigolion. Laboral, Ciudad de la Cultura in Laboral, Cludad de la Cultura yn Asturias; or initiatives that are Asturias; neu fentrau sy’n rhoi as enabling as Chris Brown’s cymaint cyfle i ni â g39, gofod and Anthony Shapland’s celf gyfoes tymor byr Chris Brown A mutual resource that few Un adnodd na ellid ei contemporary temporary ac Anthony Shapland. Gall y rhai would deny is the richness of wadu yw cyfoeth ein palette artspace g39. Those with hynny sydd â’r offer technolegol our enduring cultural palette. diwylliannol parhaus. Caiff technological facility can ganddynt elwa ar drafodaethau A celebration and exploration of hwn ei ddathlu a’i archwilio benefit from prolonged and hir a phell, trafodaethau sy’n this takes place annually at the yn flynyddol yn yr Eisteddfod distant discourse that can gallu effeithio ar nifer o ardaloedd National Eisteddfod, a peripatetic Genedlaethol, gwˆyl beripatetig impact on any number of cyfranogol, megis symbylydd festival that draws a shifting sy’n denu cynulleidfaoedd participatory locales, such as syniadau ar-lein Getping gan audience and which presents Lle amrywiol ac yn cyflwyno Lle Celf. Emma Posey’s Getping on-line Emma Posey, neu bartneriaeth Celf (literally Art Place). This is an Mae hon yn arddangosfa helaeth ideas generator, or Simon Ping gan Simon Whitehead. extensive and eclectic exhibition ac eclectig sy’n cynnig cyfle i Whitehead’s Ping partnership. Boed dros dro neu’n daith that provides an opportunity to gyhoeddi a thrafod ein barn Transient or long haul, we’re bell, rydym yn dda am greu proclaim and dispute the measure am y celfyddydau gweledol yng good at forging connections and cysylltiadau a gwybod beth yw of the visual arts in Wales each Nghymru bob blwyddyn. know the value of our partners. gwerth ein partneriaid. Rwy’n and every year. A’r un mor werthfawr â’r I trust that the snapshot gobeithio y bydd y gipdrem a As valuable as this astudiaeth deuluol hon yw’r presented in this publication gyflwynir yn y cyhoeddiad hwn familial study is the boundless cydweithrediad a’r cydadwaith engages you with our Lle Celf. yn eich denu i’n Lle Celf. 04 05 2 Creative Units designed by Thomas Heatherwick. Photo James Morris a year round programme of artists’ residencies Mae Canolfan Gelfyddydau Aberystwyth Creative Units, dyluniwyd gan Thomas Heatherwick. for both UK and international practitioners, hefyd yn trefnu rhaglen flynyddol lawn o Ffoto gan James Morris with artists based in the new creative breswyliadau i artistiaid – i ymarferwyr o’r units designed by award-winning Thomas DU a phob rhan o’r byd – gyda’r artistiaid yn Heatherwick. Artists Haider Ali from Pakistan, gweithio mewn unedau creadigol newydd Jean Yves Vigneau and Michel Huneault a ddyluniwyd gan yr arobryn Thomas from Québec, and Riikka Makikoskel of Heatherwick. Yn ddiweddar, bu’r artistiaid Finland have recently undertaken residencies. canlynol ar breswyliad yma: Haider Ali The residency programme is approached o Bacistan, Jean Yves Vigneau a Michel ABERYSTWYTH with a real sense of collaboration, enabling Huneault o Québec a Riikka Makikoskel relationships between the Centre and the o’r Ffindir. Trefnir y rhaglen breswyliadau ARTS CENTRE artists in residence to grow and be sustained. mewn ysbryd o gydweithrediad ac mae The Centre is actively open to developing new hyn yn gymorth i feithrin perthynas rhwng international partnerships and conversations. y ganolfan a’r artistiaid – perthynas sy’n CANOLFAN GELFYDDYDAU tyfu ac sy’n gynaliadwy. Mae’r Ganolfan yn agored iawn i ddatblygu partneriaethau ABERYSTWYTH a chysylltiadau rhyngwladol newydd. www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk www.internationalceramicsfestival.org www.ceramics-aberystwyth.com Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a contemporary Mae Canolfan Gelfyddydau Aberystwyth arts complex that includes two galleries and yn gyfadeilad i’r celfyddydau cyfoes sy’n an artists’ film viewing room alongside a cynnwys dwy oriel ac adeilad i artistiaid theatre, cinema, concert hall, dance studios wylio ffilm, ochr yn ochr â theatr, sinema, and artists’ studios. The Centre works with neuadd gyngerdd, stiwdios dawns a stiwdios artists to present a wide range of current i artistiaid. Mae’r Ganolfan yn gweithio practice and exhibitions are supported by an gydag artistiaid i gyflwyno ystod eang active educational programme. The Centre o arfer ac arddangosfeydd cyfoes, gyda also holds the biennial International Ceramics chefnogaeth rhaglen addysgol weithgar. Festival and displays the University’s extensive Y Ganolfan hon sydd hefyd yn cynnal yr international studio ceramics collection. wˆyl Serameg Ryngwladol ddwyflynyddol ac yn arddangos casgliad serameg Recent exhibitions have included the stiwdio rhyngwladol eang y Brifysgol. provocative work of Miranda Whall, Ellie Rees’ video work, Sandy Brown ceramics, Jordan Mae’r rhaglen ddiweddar o Baseman filmed work, William Kentridge film arddangosfeydd wedi cynnwys gwaith pieces, Zanzibar’s Lubaina Himid’s evocative pryfoclyd Miranda Whall, gwaith fideo Ellie paintings and films by Chinese artists Cao Rees, serameg Sandy Brown, gwaith ffilm Mengqin, Yang Jian and Yang Zhifei. The Jordan Baseman, darnau o ffilm gan William vitality of photographic work in Wales has Kentridge, paentiadau atgofus Lubaina been evidenced through exhibitions of work Himid o Sansibar a ffilmiau gan yr artistiaid by David Hurn, Sue Packer, Rhodri Jones Tsieineaidd Cao Mengqin, Yang Jian a Yang and James Morris’s reflective imagery in Zhifei. Amlygwyd asbri’r gwaith ffotograffig 2010 exhibition A Landscape of Wales. yng Nghymru gan arddangosfeydd o waith David Hurn, Sue Packer, Rhodri Jones a Aberystwyth Arts Centre also organises delweddau myfyrgar James Morris yn yr arddangosfa Tirwedd Cymru yn 2010. 06 07 3 Xu Bing, Winner of Artes Mundi 1, 2004. Photo by Jeff Morgan Xu Bing, enillydd Artes Mundi 1, 2004. Ffoto gan Jeff Morgan ARTES MUNDI www.artesmundi.org MAE ARTES MUNDI YN CREDU MEWN Artes Mundi identifies and supports Mae Artes Mundi yn darganfod ac yn cefnogi ARTISTIAID SY’N CYNNIG SYLWADAU contemporary visual artists whose work artistiaid gweledol cyfoes y mae â wnelo eu engages with social reality, lived experience gwaith â realaeth gymdeithasol, y profiad AR DRAWSNEWID gwLEIDYDDOL BYD- and the human condition. Every two o fyw a’r cyflwr dynol. Bob dwy flynedd EANG AC YN ARDDANGOS EU gwEITHIAU years Artes Mundi makes an open call for bydd Artes Mundi yn rhoi gwahoddiad nominations of artists from anywhere in the agored am enwebiadau – artistiaid o bob HEB UNRHYW BETRUSTER. DYMA WIR world and invites two international curators rhan o’r byd – ac yn gwahodd dau guradur to make a selection of artists for the thematic rhyngwladol i ddethol artistiaid ar gyfer GARTREF Y ZEITGEIST HEDDIW. exhibition in Cardiff. The process concludes arddangosfa thematig yng Nghaerdydd. with the awarding of the Artes Mundi Prize Daw’r broses i ben gyda dyfarnu Gwobr which, at £40,000, is one of the world’s Artes Mundi, sef £40,000 – un o wobrau ARTES MUNDI BELIEVES IN ARTISTS largest international visual arts prizes.