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“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.”

Finally!

Although this was certainly not our first exhibition, this was the first one where we collated work from bocs members.

Hugh Edwin Jones, (Creative Enterprises Officer from Gwynedd Council) was kind enough to open the show for us with some inspirational words.

We had a strong show, curated by bocs member Sevan Garo Nigogosian, that exemplifies the diversity of styles, talents and interests of some of bocs’ members:

• Iestyn Owen
  Achlysuron Hapus/Happy Occurrences, 2009 - £110
  Digwyddiad Od/Strange Happenings, 2009 - £110
• Sevan Garo Nigogosian
  Ionawr tan chwefror / January till February - £800
  Dal mewn haniaeth 1 / Caught up in abstract 1 - £900
  Dal mewn haniaeth 2 / Caught up in abstract 2 - £900
• Meirion Ginsberg
  Dol 1 - £1250
  Dol 2 - £1250
  Smyg - £1400
  O.D - £1400
• Charles Yorke
  Di-deitl 1/Untitled 1 - £60
  Di-deitl 2/Untitled 2 - £60
  Di-deitl 3/Untitled 3 - £50
• Gethin Wavell
  Pen 1/Head 1 - £100
  Pen 2/Head 2 - £75
  Pen 3/Head 3 - £50
  Chwadan/Duck - £75
• Huw Erddyn
  O’r Antelope i’r Anglesey 1/From the Antelope to the Anglesey 1 - £200
  O’r Antelope i’r Anglesey 2/From the Antelope to the Anglesey2 - £200
  O’r Antelope i’r Anglesey 3/From the Antelope to the Anglesey3 - £200
  O’r Antelope i’r Anglesey 4/From the Antelope to the Anglesey4 - £200
• James Toms
  Di-deitl 1/Untitled 1 - £200
  Di-deitl 2/Untitled 2 - £200

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Wow, we’ve finally launched, and the christmas bocs nadolig private view went well, if a little bit hectic at the last moment….

We had a really strong show with work by some really interesting artists, all chosen by members of bocs.

Exhibiting Artists

• Alexis Snell, chosen by Charlie Yorke
• Catherine Howell, chosen by James Toms
• Dyfrig Peris, chosen by Iestyn Owen
• Elgan Jones, chosen by Huw Erddyn
• Mick Brown, chosen by Gethin Wavell Lloyd Jones
• Naomi Lethbridge, chosen by Siân Green
• Paul Johnson, chosen by Yvonne Tsang
• Poked Studio, chosen by Sally Kwong
• Robert Pepperell, chosen by Meirion Alan Ginsberg
• Rosie Seymore, chosen by Sevan Garo Nigogosian
• Simeon Coxe, chosen by Rhys Lloyd Jones
• Stephen John Owen, chosen by Dafydd Hardy

We even had a couple of pieces produced by bocs members and of course, we also had our bocs boxes. This is the Super Secret Souvenir I mentioned earlier, over 100 miniature bocs boxes that have been customised by one of our members, our Christmas gift for you to take away.

Bedwyr Williams was kind enough to open the exhibition for us with an inspiring speech, whilst Ioan Thomas launched our bocs co-operative with a pop of the champagne cork.

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