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Anthony Lee Morgan
Duel
July 16 - August 6

Anthony is one of the local young artists that Oriel Dafydd Hardy has followed from Sixth Form through Foundation to Graduation from Leeds University.

Anthony made a big impact in the early days of Oriel Dafydd Hardy by staging a solo show at just 17 years old, whilst still studying at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen. “Oddi Wrth Y Wal” / “Off The Wall” was an light and sound installation blacking out the basement and providing visitors with torches as they stepped down into the noise of graffitied New York Subway. He was featured in the S4C programme Uned 5.

Subsequently, whilst doing his foundation course at Coleg Menai, Anthony joined three other ex-Syr Hugh Owen pupils to stage ” Wylit Waed ” - an exhibition exploring the anger of 21st Century young Welsh people today with that of Gerallt Lloyd Owen’s 1960s generation. This exhibition again had extensive national media coverage.

Returning now, after completing his degree in Fine Art at Leeds University, the focus of 22 year old Anthony’s exhibition “Duel” is two life-size steel figures……standing back to back.

Anthony says ” We all fall into the trap of a “Duel” everyday….whether we duel a friend, or family, the world and more frequently ourselves. Now that you know, ask yourself why?”

Through the influence of Peter Prendergast upon the structure of Coleg Menai’s Foundation course, and his strong belief in drawing as the means by which a subject may be grasped, it is not unsurprising that Anthony leans heavily towards Giacometti for inspiration.

“My entire portfolio consists of large scale figurative 3D projects and I now have the problem of where to store them….I think they will have to go in the garden of my parents’ place in Maesincla for the time being!”

“I’d love to do a series of public sculpture for Caernarfon….I would be prepared to carry out the work for little or no fee, so long as the materials were provided…I’d consider it a such an honour. I want to try and contribute to making Caernarfon a centre for art, a national symbol of Welsh culture. I’d like to add colour to the town…something make tourists want to come back here again and again. Imagine a series of red Welsh dragons around Caernarfon…with one perched on top of Twthill…imagine the impact this would have on the tourist industry!”

Anthony can be contacted on 07779 946 158