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Locws International
Locws International is a contemporary arts organisation, based in Swansea, South Wales, UK. They work with British and international artists to create visual responses to aspects of the city’s heritage, landscape and people, most notably through their Locws and Art Across the City events. Artworks are often temporary and are generally site-specific sculptures, installations, performances or moving image based, cited in accessible public spaces, both indoors and out. The organisation was originally set up in 1999 by Swansea-based artistDavid HastieanTim Davies It is an artist-led charity and maintains an ongoing educational outreach project working in schools in the Swansea area. Permanent artworks Ten artworks remain permanent fixtures including: Bristow & Lloyd's Coming Soon mural (2011) was removed when the Bush Inn, High Street was demolished in 2013. Art Across the City 2015 The artists commissioned for Art Across the City which ran from 21 March – 1 June 2015 were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in southwest Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay region and part of the historic county of Glamorgan; also the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most populous local authority area in Wales with an estimated population of 246,563 in 2020. Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea Urban Area with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was the key centre of the copper-smelting industry, earning the nickname ''Copperopolis''. Etymologies The Welsh name, ''Abertawe'', translates as ''"mouth/es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Ford
Laura Ford (born 6 February 1961) in Cardiff, Wales is a British sculptor. Early life Growing up in a travelling fairground family, Ford was educated at Stonar School in Wiltshire, and then at Bath Academy of Art from 1978 to 1982, while spending a term at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City. In 1982 she was invited to take part in the annual New Contemporaries exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and then studied at the Chelsea School of Art from 1982 to 1983. Work Ford has lived and worked in London since 1982 and has been identified with the New British Sculpture movement since her participation in the 1983 survey exhibition The Sculpture Show at the Serpentine Gallery and The Hayward, as well as participating in the British Art Show 5 in 2000. left, Weeping Girls Marcello Spinelli wrote (British Art Show 5) "Ford’s creatures are faithful representations of fantasy and, at times, a nightmarish imagination. With their bitter-sweet, menacing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Cross
Dorothy Cross (born 1956) is an Irish artist. Working with differing media, including sculpture, photography, video and installation, she represented Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Central to her work as a whole are themes of sexual and cultural identity, personal history, memory, and the gaps between the conscious and subconscious. In a 2009 speech by the president of UCC, Cross was described as "one of Ireland’s leading artists". Early life and education Cross was born in 1956 in Cork, Ireland, one of three children of Fergus and Dorothy Cross. Her older brother Tom went on to become a zoologist and professor at University College, Cork, while her older sister Jane was a swimmer who was on a team that set a world relay record at the 1985 World Masters Championships. Cross herself was a competitive swimmer in her teens, becoming All-Ireland champion in the 100-meter breaststroke at the age of 15 and going on to win other medals over the next few years. Cross attended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud Cotter
Maud Cotter (born 1954) is an Irish artist, active in installation art, drawing, sculpture and landscape art. She is a member of Aosdána, an Irish association of artists. Early life Cotter was born in Wexford in 1954. Career Cotter studied at the Crawford Art Gallery, Crawford Municipal College of Art and Design in Cork (graduating in 1975). In 1989 she was a co-founder of the National Sculpture Factory, with Vivienne Roche, Eilis O'Connell and Danny McCarthy. A visit to Iceland in 1991 ignited an interest in sculpture. She was elected to Aosdána in 2000. Cotter is chiefly known for her work in sculpture. Her work has been exhibited at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Crawford Art Gallery and at the Hugh Lane Gallery. In 2022 she will exhibit at the Irish Arts Center in New York City and also at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, MOCA, Jacksonville, Florida USA. Her early work used glass and steel. Since the early 1990s she has used metal, cardboard, industrial rub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
