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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

Helen Sear

Plantasia
Central Library / Llyfrgell Ganolog

Referencing the exotic fantasy world of the Brangwyn Panels, Helen Sear’s ‘Plantasia’ was photographed in Swansea’s tropical hothouse.

The proximity of Plantasia to the shopping complex provides both a contrast to and an extension of, the “dream of escape” described by Henri Rousseau when he visited the glass houses of Paris to study for his paintings of the jungle, and the closed eyes of Helen’s subjects allows them a space of private reverie amidst the forensic gaze of the camera.

Gan gyfeirio at fyd ffantasi egsotig Paneli Brangwyn, tynnodd Helen Sear ei ffotograffau ar gyfer 'Plantasia' yn nhw poeth trofannol Abertawe.

Mae'r pellter byr rhwng Plantasia a'r ganolfan siopa nid yn unig yn cyferbynnu â'r 'freuddwyd o ddianc' a ddisgrifiodd Henri Rousseau, ond hefyd yn ei ymestyn. Dyna pryd yr ymwelodd Henri â thai gwydrog Paris i astudio ar gyfer ei baentiadau o'r jyngl. Mae llygaid caeedig y cymeriadau yn ffotograffau Helen yn rhoi cyfle iddynt synfyfyrio'n breifat er gwaethaf sylliad fforensig y camera.

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