Night Paintings
1 December 2018 to 26 January 2019
Owen Owen Gallery & Bridge
A selection of paintings spanning forty years from the 1970s until the present, drawn from Malcolm Ryan’s wide subject matter. The paintings are a kind of night journey, we are escorted to view scenes of domestic intimacy, to travel through night landscapes and to view the busy street scenes of great cities. We are made to become aware, to view our everyday lives imbued with the poetry of the painter’s eye.
Then & Now: 80 Years of CASW
8 December 2018 to 26 January 2019
Pulpit Room
Since 1938 the Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) has acquired around 900 works by 500 artists. These are now held as part of well-known public collections across Wales. This exhibition celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Society’s first acquisition by exploring the contemporary art of successive eras. Curated by Dr Peter Wakelin.
Playtime
8 December 2018 to 26 January 2019
Tannery Gallery & Sculpture Space
The best things start with the smallest brick… and then get bigger, literally. Little Big Art have created galleries in exhibition centres, castles and UNESCO World Heritage sites, and even had an exhibition attended by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen – the billionaire owner of The Lego Group. Little Big Art take the wonderful world of play and supersize it, reigniting the childish euphoria of cracking open that new toy on Christmas Day.
Anatomical studies of natural history in bronze sculpture
19 January to 2 March 2019
Ruralist Room
Barry Davies’ sculptures convey boldness and a dynamic physical presence combined with a sense of movement and exuberance. His passion for studying human and animal anatomy makes his sculptures truly unique. Barry’s collections include portraits of human evolution and palaeontology in a collection showing a rich variety of fossils from the Cretaceous period to the Triassic.
19 January to 2 March 2019
Foyer Gallery
Roy Marsden has taught painting in Mid-Wales for over 30 years. His group paints for pleasure and some of their work is shown in this exhibition. The group comprises Coral Cross, Carol Cook, Sue Colbeck, Suzanne Harris, Suzzy Murphy, Ami & Beth Marsden, Flic Eden, Halcyon Hinde and Lyn Marsden-Watkins. Also, Marcel Cabanes, Christopher Mike, Terry Ogden and Tecwyn Williams.