bocs

Article in the Caernarfon and Denbighshire Herald on December 4, 2008 about bocs and the christmas bocs nadolig exhibition :

YOUNG artists received their perfect Christmas present this week.

For the latest exhibition at Oriel Dafydd Hardy, in Caernarfon, members of bocs, a co-operative of young local artists, drew up a wish list of art they would like to see on display.

The work ranges from artists they have studied alongside, lecturers who taught them, people whose work they have admired or even read about.

The collection opens on Saturday and will run until January 9.

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Our youngest member, Sally Kwong has just uploaded a video of her piano playing to her profile.

Here she is, playing a piece written by Debussy, La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair).

To find out more about what else Sally’s been up to, please read her profile.

One of our members, Meirion Ginsberg has uploaded a couple of pictures of his work on his bocs profile. Meirion’s work is largely autobiographical and injected with humour, borderline figurative and abstract it is influenced by a huge range of painters from Willem DeKooning to Rembrandt.

Some pretty interesting stuff, so click here to pop along and have a look.

If you’re interested in seeing more from Meirion, he’s got his own site filled with loads of images.

Robert Pepperell is an artist and writer. He studied at the Slade School of Art and went on work with a number of influential multimedia collaborations including Hex, Coldcut and Hexstatic. An early pioneer of VJing and interactive art, he is a leading theorist of posthumanism and the postdigital.

Paradox 1 (2005) by Robert Pepperell, Oil on panel, 46cm x 60cm

Robert has exhibited numerous digital installations including at Ars Electronica, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, the ICA, the Barbican Gallery and the Millennium Dome.

Currently Reader in Fine Art and Head of Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art & Design, he has spoken and lectured on philosophy, new technology and the relationship between art and consciousness.

“The reason I chose Robert Pepperell Is because I’ve been an admirer of his work for a while, but still haven’t seen his work. I thought this would be a good opportunity to make the most of this event so I can see the work in the flesh.”

Robert Pepperell is Meirion Alan Ginsberg’s choice for the christmas bocs nadolig exhibition.

Our patron, Dafydd Hardy also has a choice for this year’s christmas bocs nadolig exhibition. He has chosen Stephen John Owen, native of Caernarfon.

“I like his style which appears to my untrained eye to be semi abstract and he is also local. I have never met him but look forward to meeting him one day.”

Both Oriel Dafydd Hardy and bocs are grateful to Dafydd Hardy and Richard Thomas for giving us the opportunity to display and develop our work collectively. So we decided that letting them have a choice of artist at our launch was the least we could do.

Stephen John Owen is Dafydd Hardy’s choice for the christmas bocs nadolig exhibition.