The Gallery
NightswimmingLLE Gallery
28 July - 08 September 2018
Private View: 2pm, Saturday 28th July
BEEP VIP event:
Friday 3rd August 4-5.30pm
Join us to meet some of the artists exhibiting in Nightswimming and this year’s Beep Painting Biennial before making our way over to the opening of this year’s Beep International Painting Prize 6-8pm at Swansea College of Art.
in association with BEEP Painting Biennial
Simon Bayliss / Lindsey Bull / Martyn Cross / Gordon Dalton / Lara Davies / Tom Down / Tamara Dubnyckyj / Robbie Fife / Rebecca Gould / Jacqui Hallum / Marielle Hehir / Aly Helyer / Linda Hemmersbach / Dan Howard-Birt / Richard James / Iwan Lewis / Jonathan Lux / James Moore / Hannah M Morris / Philip Nicol / Tom Pitt / Ben Risk / Ben Sadler / Toby Ursell / Casper White / Ellie Young
“Night gives us the space for things to happen in. Once we pass through twilight into darkness, edges blur; we lose the sense of things. We start to question what is in front of us; we become aware of darkness' ability to multiply risk. The fear of getting caught. Within the depths of darkness we are continually in doubt. Our vision becomes searching, figures and forms appear and disappear in the shadows. Artists often utilise this area of confusion to draw out forms and ideas, like finding a figure within an abstract painting”
Mission Gallery is pleased to present LLE, an artist-led curatorial project with a focus on contemporary painting. From a base in Wales they aim to showcase their artists via projects, international art fairs and exhibitions.
Lack of light has been a constant feature in the creation of artwork, from the earliest cave paintings through to the works of Rembrandt, and later Walter Sickert. Within this show LLE bring together contemporary works that reach into the darkness, questioning how the lack of light affects the work and what this means to the viewer.
Nightswimming has been programmed in association with the BEEP Painting Biennial, which profiles vibrant contemporary painting and takes place at venues across Swansea throughout the summer. Talks, workshops and other related activities will be programmed for its duration to complement the exhibition.
Dangosiad Preifat: 2yp, ddydd Sadwrn 28 Gorffennaf
Digwyddiad VIP BEEP: 4-5.30yp, ddydd Gwener 3 Awst
bydd yr arddangosfa’n parhau tan 8 Medi 2018
Simon Bayliss / Lindsey Bull / Martyn Cross / Gordon Dalton / Lara Davies / Tom Down / Tamara Dubnyckyj / Robbie Fife / Rebecca Gould / Marielle Hehir / Aly Helyer / Linda Hemmersbach / Dan Howard-Birt / Richard James / Iwan Lewis / Jonathan Lux / James Moore / Hannah M Morris / Philip Nicol / Tom Pitt / Ben Risk / Ben Sadler / Casper White / Ellie Young
“Mae’r nos yn rhoi i ni’r gofod i bethau ddigwydd ynddo. Unwaith i ni fynd drwy’r cyfnos i’r tywyllwch, mae ymylon yn pylu; rydym yn colli’r ymdeimlad âphethau. Rydym yn dechrau cwestiynu beth sydd o’n blaenau; rydym yn dod yn ymwybodol o allu’r tywyllwch i luosi peryglon. Yr ofn o gael ein dal. Yn nyfnderoedd tywyllwch, rydym o hyd mewn amheuaeth. Mae ein golwg yn chwilota’n barhaus, mae ffigyrau a ffurfiau’n ymddangos ac yn diflannu yn y cysgodion. Bydd artistiaid yn aml yn defnyddio’r ddrysfa yma i dynnu allan ffurfiau a syniadau, fel canfod ffigwr mewn paentiad haniaethol.”
Pleser o’r mwyaf i Oriel Mission yw cyflwyno LLE, prosiect curadurol dan arweiniad artistiaid sydd â ffocws ar baentio cyfoes. O leoliad yng Nghymru, maent yn anelu at arddangos eu hartistiaid drwy gyfrwng prosiectau, arddangosfeydd a ffeiriau celf rhyngwladol.
Mae diffyg golau’n nodwedd gyson wrth greu gwaith celf, o’r paentiadau cynharaf mewn ogofâu drwodd i weithiau Rembrandt ac yn nes ymlaen Walter Sickert. Yn y sioe hon mae LLE yn dwyn at ei gilydd weithiau cyfoes sy’n ymestyn i’r tywyllwch, gan gwestiynu sut mae’r diffyg golau’n effeithio ar y gwaith a beth mae hyn yn ei olygu i’r gwyliwr.
Mae Nightswimmingwedi cael ei threfnu ar y cyd âBiennale Paentio BEEP sy’n rhoi sylw i baentio cyfoes bywiog ac a gynhelir mewn canolfannau ar draws Abertawe drwy gydol yr haf. Bydd sgyrsiau, gweithdai a gweithgareddau cysylltiedig eraill yn cael eu trefnu i ategu’r arddangosfa tra bydd hi ymlaen.
Somewhere over the rainbow by Lindsey Bull
Featured Artists Websites/Gwefannau Artistiaid Dethol:
Simon Bayliss
www.simon-bayliss.com
Lindsey Bull
www.lindseybull.com
Martyn Cross
www.yateheads.blogspot.com
Gordon Dalton
www.gordondalton.com
Lara Davies
www.laradavies.com
Tom Down
www.tomdown.co.uk
Tamara Dubnyckyj
www.tamaradubnyckyj.net
Robbie Fife
www.robbiefife.co.uk
Rebecca Gould
www.rebeccagould.co.uk
Marielle Hehir
www.mariellehehir.com
Aly Helyer
www.alyhelyer.com
Linda Hemmersbach
www.lindahemmersbach.com
Dan Howard-Birt
www.lidoprojects.com/dan
Richard James
www.cargocollective.com/colouredmud
Iwan Lewis
www.iwanlewis.com
Jonathan Lux
www.jonathanlux.com
James Moore
www.jamescmoore.org
Hannah M Morris
www.HannahmMorris.co.uk
Philip Nicol
www.philipnicol.co.uk
Tom Pitt
www.tompitt.net
Ben Risk
www.benrisk.org
Ben Sadler
www.juneauprojects.co.uk
Toby Ursell
http://www.tobyursell.com/
Casper White
www.casperwhite.com
Ellie Young
www.ellieyoungart.com