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Oriel Davies Gallery
The Park, Powys, NEWTOWN, SY16 2NZ
Reviews
Lure [20 March 2013]
LURE Helen Sear Oriel Davies, Newton 2 February – 17 April 2013 Review The title of Helen Sear’s solo show at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, is an enigmatic one. One word. Lure. A warm word. Read on…
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
2 February - 17 April 2013
Reviewed by: Ellen Bell »
Helen Sear - Lure [9 February 2013]
My mother was given a picture book of Little Red Riding Hood as a child in 1947 by her Grandfather. Inside, woodland is depicted as both menacing and enchanting, with illustrations in luxurious colour that show rarified constructs of non-existent Read on…
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
2 February - 17 April 2013
Reviewed by: Anna Falcini »
Open 2012 [18 May 2012]
The Oriel Davies Open 2012 showcases the work of 38 artists selected from over 600 diverse submissions. This exhibition is a demonstration of the wealth of artistic practise both locally and internationally, with each piece pushing the boundaries of Read on…
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
28 April - 27 June 2012
Reviewed by: Liz Buckley »
Sibyl Montague, Sean Vicary & Pia Borg [13 April 2012]
Despite showing the work of three individual artists, the current exhibition at Oriel Davies Gallery, offers an array of installations that all complement each other by raising questions of perception, context, and meaning. Sibyl Montague uses found Read on…
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
11 February - 18 April 2012
Reviewed by: Liz Buckley »
Carwyn Evans: That Morning he Watched the Dawn [9 April 2009]
Driving down the A 470 with Super Furry Animals on the cd player, passing mountains, lambs and buzzards on the way to review Carwyn Evans’ show in Newtown. This exhibition starts before you get there. Oriel Davies is a white cube Read on…
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
21 February - 25 April 2009
Reviewed by: Wanda Zyborska »
That morning he watched the dawn Y bore hwnnw, gwyliodd y wawr yn torri [23 March 2009]
I really enjoyed seeing the new show at Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown. The exhibition of newly commissioned works, “Y bore hwnnw, gwyliodd y wawr yn torri”, “That morning he watched the dawn” marks a significant phase Read on…
Oriel Davies, Newtown
21 February - 25 April 2009
Reviewed by: Steffan Jones-Hughes »
Song for Newtown: Yvonne Buchheim [16 July 2007]
In conversation with Michael Corris, on the Mal Pope show on BBC Radio Wales, Yvonne Buchheim described how her ongoing project Song Archive started out as an investigation of 18th century philosopher Johann Herder's theory, that the cultural Read on…
Oriel Davies Gallery
5 May 2007 to 7 July 2007
Reviewed by: Ian Patrick Freely »
Gaia Persico: Singapore Panorama [5 March 2007]
Towards the end of February I visited the Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown, Powys. It was the first time that I had visited the light airy gallery and was pleasantly surprised by what I discovered. There were two exhibitions taking place based on Read on…
In Focus, Oriel Davies Gallery
3 March 2007 to 3 March 2007
Reviewed by: Mary Cunnah »
Philippa Lawrence [31 October 2006]
A horizontal and invisibly suspended plane of lava rocks spans an entire gallery, dividing neon symbols of good and evil – a monumental halo and a burning red snowflake. Divided (2006), a new work by Philippa Lawrence, is big enough to Read on…
Oriel Davies, Newtown
10 October – 18 November
Reviewed by: Sara Roberts »
Insiders - Art and the Box [11 December 2003]
The fascination of the box has attracted artists for many years, and this exhibition demonstrates clearly that it continues unabated. The renovation programme at Oriel Davies is only half complete, but this exhibition – in the first of the new Read on…
Oriel Davies, Newtown
8 November – 3 January
Reviewed by: Richard Noyce »
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