Oriel Davies Open 2012

Various artists

28 April 2012 - 27 June 2012

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This exhibition presents the work of 38 artists, selected from over 600 submissions to the Oriel Davies Open 2012 competition. The response to the competition was overwhelming, both nationally and internationally, with entries coming from all corners - Wales to Israel, Cornwall to Switzerland. The works selected demonstrate the breadth and diversity of artistic practice from across the world.

All the artists exhibiting are working innovatively, using materials and visual techniques to push boundaries – such as challenging political or social systems, capturing the sublime, revealing the uncanny or even disrupting the very architecture of the gallery. Thematically the works can be understood as a series of opposites - natural versus artificial, animal versus human, or transitory versus permanent, yet each work stands alone, with it’s own unique way of communicating.

Oriel Davies is delighted to award Melanie Manchot the First Prize award, a £1500 cash prize and the opportunity present a body of work in a solo exhibition in 2013 and Mary Vettise the Student Prize, a £750 cash prize and solo exhibition opportunity.

During the course of the exhibition, visitors are invited to vote for their favourite work in The People’s Choice Prize, generously sponsored by Newtown Station Travel. £250 will be awarded to the most popular work, which will be announced in early August. Don’t forget to visit the Gallery and cast your vote!

Thank you to all who submitted work to Oriel Davies Open 2012.

Selected artists Barbara and Zafer Baran, Ruth Boothroyd, Bettina Buck, Helen Cammock, Julie Cassels, James Clarkson, Julian Claxton, Michael Cousin, Emma Critchley, Joe Doldon, Rosaline Dolton, Sean Edwards, David Gepp, Heloise Godfrey, Andy Harper, Shan Hur, Real Institute, Geoff Diego Litherland, Jessica Lloyd-Jones, Tom Lovelace, William Mackrell, Melanie Manchot, Scott Mason, Paul Murphy Nina Ogden, Sarah Pager, Mike Perry, Abigail Reynolds, Peter Richards, Damien Roach, Angela Smith, Anna Solum, Fern Thomas, Tommy Ting, Matthew Verdon, Mary Vettise, Richard T Walker, Ben Woodeson.

Selectors: Ben Borthwick, Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Artes Mundi wwwartesmundi.org Ann Jones Curator, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk Amanda Farr, Director, Oriel Davies Gallery Ruth Gooding, Curator, Oriel Davies Gallery

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