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Due to flooding at the end of November, we are unfortunately closed until Sunday 4th April when we open with “Llais Yr Ifainc” / “The Voice of Youth”.

GWAHODDIAD / INVITATION
Gwahoddir chi i arddangosfa / You are invited to the exhibition
Dafad Ddrwg Dannedd Gosod
Bad Wart False Teeth
gan / by
GETHIN WAVELL
11eg - 27ain Tachwedd 2009 / 11th - 27th November 2009

Ac i’r Noson Olaf : Nos Wener 27ain o Dachwedd 7-9yh
Then to the Closing Night : Friday 27th November 7-9pm

“THE EYE, THE HAND, THE HEART”

OCTOBER 10 - 31st 2009

Private View : 9th October 7-9pm

Artist’s statement:

“I feel inseparable from the paintings done by the old masters; I am in a constant conversation with them. I look at everything and I want to respond to everything, from the Baroque to contemporary art from Japan, form Poussin’s Compositions to Jeff Koons kitsch sculptures. It is essential for me to know what is happening around me as it helps me form my context and helps my work develop as I do There is this constant Battle that takes place when I paint questions that arise regarding colour juxtaposition, composition and the possibility of excess marks in corners forming distractions. I want this in my paintings as the result is a constant engagement between colour, form and composition that needs to be tamed and controlled into working and forming the overall painting.
I don’t intend for the observer to come to a conclusion in my paintings, I want my paintings to move and shift with time, but exist in there own time and space were the viewer enters and feels comfortable in observing without the need to come to a conclusion.”

Bocs has been invited to stage the “graffitti box” project, which was conjured up for the official opening of Castle Square in Caernarfon, at the opening of the National Eisteddfod in Y Bala on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August.

Most people visiting Caernarfon last week would have seen dozens of children enjoying painting and drawing alongside the artists on our huge 6ft white box. The theme in Y Bala will be “Gwynedd on the Box” and, after the artists have completed their artwork, visitors to the Gwynedd Pavilion will be invited to add their own touches to the box.

There will also be a video displaying of the current work on show now in Oriel Dafydd Hardy until August and other Bocs artwork and events.

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Starting this Sunday - 19th July 2009 - Bocs members exhibiting in Oriel Dafydd Hardy and working outside with the public on the Castle Square in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

Bocs ar y Sgwar / Bocs on the square

Come along to Caernarfon from noon onwards to celebrate the official opening of the new town square….join Bocs members drawing, spraying, painting on a six foot white box …..everything is being filmed and relayed inside our gallery Oriel Dafydd Hardy.
Then join us for a glass of wine and a further feast of art at the opening of our new exhibition “Bocs ar y Sgwâr.” / “Bocs on the Square”.