CARWYN EVANS RCA

Yr Ochr Arall I Ti

|09 - 09|10| 2021

Rydym yn falch o gyflwyno arddangosfa undyn gan y cerflunydd Carwyn Evans RCA || TEN is delighted to present a solo exhibition of new work by sculptor Carwyn Evans RCA

1 INT. PICK-UP VAN - NIGHT 1

Still. Completely Still. In black, heavy rain, hammering down. Raindrops run in rivulets over glass. Wipe. Repeat. Wipe. Repeat.

Through windscreen, we follow two beams of light - illuminating a narrow single road. Headlamps dim from full to dipped, as the HATCHBACK upfront - lights off, driver crouched, sun visor down - doesn’t signal at the crossroads. Odd.

We’re back on full. The vehicle shudders as we pull onto a remote cement platform. We come to a standstill. In front, it’s impossible to tell what we’re seeing - Foam? Wool?

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Carwyn Evans RCA works in mixed media, photography and installation to explore issues related to his individual sense of place.

His first solo exhibition 'That Morning He Watched The Dawn' recently took place at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown which contained work that reflects Evans’ personal experiences while exploring broader social and political shifts in rural Wales.

Much of his practice has focused on his ‘migration’ from an upbringing in rural Ceredigion to the Welsh capital Cardiff in order to pursue an artistic career. Reflecting on the impact of his leaving, the subsequent void left behind (both physical and cultural), and the consequence of change are all themes explored in his work. At the same time, a recent photographic series gives voice to individuals who have recently migrated and relocated to the artist’s homeland, to allow room for an alternative perspective. Evans represents these concerns using a pared down sculptural aesthetic, working with both existing and specifically produced (and often highly crafted) objects and images.

‘The artist’s cultural, rural and agricultural landscape and his own family’s history within it are key. With an understanding of the inherent poetical and conceptual meaning of material, Carwyn Evans is able to employ wood, bronze, lambs’ tails and ceramics with a deft minimalist tendency, without ever loosing that sense of the artists’ touch. Standing among the works you become aware of the process and skill of fabrication, the poetical importance of the abstracted and simplified markers of the agricultural machinery and life. But like all great art, Carwyn Evans’ skill is in making work that can transcend one set of meanings, opening it out to encompass us all.’

- Sean Edwards, Artist