ARTISTS TALKING
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Mostyn 13
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
Until 17 May
Now in its thirteenth year, the Mostyn Open has become one of the most prominent open exhibitions in the UK. This year forty-five works by thirty artists were selected from almost five hundred applicants. Guest selectors Laura Ford, David Thorp and Mostyn director Martin Barlow chose Charlotte Ginsborg to win the £6000 prize. Her video declares the nobility of the blue-collar worker by staging a 'coming to arms' of a shop assistant who defiantly wields a spade above her head to a Nina Simone soundtrack. Also selected was Andrew Black, whose commentary on funding procedures and corporate architectural planning culminates in an ambitious proposal for the summit of Mount Snowdon.
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