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14th April - 13th May 2007

Rhona Byrne / Milena Dopitova / Carwyn Evans / Rebecca Gould / Torsten Lauschmann / Niamh McCann / Sara Rees / Helen Sear / Jaan Toomik / Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich

carwyn evans

Golygfa wych / A Grand View
King's Road, SA1 / Ffordd y Brenin, SA1

Taking inspiration from a carved ‘double picture frame’ in the Swansea Museum collection, delicately created by a seaman from interlocking pieces of carved wood, Carwyn Evans has constructed a series of house-like facades that replicate a simple cross-hatched drawing.

The facades become iconic in aesthetic against the backdrop of new apartment blocks of SA1 and stand as a ghost-like reminder of Swansea’s industrial past but also suggestive of its new status as a changing, evolving city.

Wedi'i ysbrydoli gan 'ffrâm ddwbl ar gyfer llun' yng nghasgliad Amgueddfa Abertawe a gerfiwyd yn ofalus gan forwr drwy gydgloi darnau o bren cerfiedig, mae Carwyn Evans wedi creu cyfres o ffasadau tebyg i wynebau tai sy'n efelychu darlun croeslinellol syml.

Mae'r ffasadau'n eiconau esthetig o gymharu â'r fflatiau newydd yn y cefndir yn SA1. Maent yn ein hatgoffa am orffennol ddiwydiannol Abertawe mewn modd iasol ond hefyd yn awgrymu ei statws newydd fel dinas newydd ac ar dwf.

About Carwyn Evans