JAMES RIELLY

Ganwyd James Rielly yn Wrecsam, ac astudiodd yng Ngholeg Celf a Dylunio Caerloyw a yna yng Ngholeg Celf Belfast ym 1980. Roedd yn un o artistiaid YBA a fu’n rhan o arddangosfa nodedig Sensations Saatchi ym 1997. Arddangosa Rielly yn rheolaidd ac yn eang ledled y byd
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Wrexham-born James Rielly studied at Gloucester College of Art and Design and Belfast Collage of Art in 1980. One of the renowned YBA artists who participated in the 1997 Saatchi Sensations exhibition, Rielly exhibits regularly and widely to great acclaim

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Mae gweithiau Rielly yn gynnil ond yn gynhenid dywyll. Gweithia gyda phaent olew ar gynfas a dyfrlliw ar bapur, a cynnigia baentiadau Rielly ryw naratif rhyfedd ac anesmwyth, fel stori dylwyth teg Grimm - nad yw’n gwbl anadnabyddadwy. Plant yn ysmygu, wynebau mewn mwgwd, bagiau siopa ac adeiladu - a llygaid enigmatig nodweddiadol Rielly wedi’i gosod ar ben y cwbwl ac yn syllu allan arnom ni
Yn ganolog i’w waith yw ei fyfyrdod ar flynyddoedd cythryblus yr arddegau, y blynyddoedd dyrys o ollwng gafael ar blentyndod a mentro i fyd oedolion - a seicoleg wyrdroëdig y newid byd hynny. Mae Rielly yn cwestiynu a yw llencyndod yn wirioneddol ddiniwed yng ngoleuni sut yr ydym yn ymddwyn fel oedolion
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Rielly’s works are subtle yet inherently dark. Working with oil paint on canvas and watercolour on paper, Rielly’s paintings offer a bizarre and unsettling narrative, like a Grimm fairytale - not entirely unrecognizable. Children smoking, masked faces, carrier bags and building - and Rielly’s characteristic enigmatic eyes placed and gazing out at the viewer
Central is his contemplation of the troubled teenage years, the tricky years of letting go of childhood and venturing into adulthood - and the slightly twisted psychology of those rites of passage. Rielly questions whether adolescences is genuinely innocent in light of how we behave as adults
Solo exhibitions include Musee des Beaux-arts de Nates, France 1997; Centre d’art Nauchatel, Switzerland 1998; La Box, Bourges, France 2014; Beaux-Arts de Paris; Cabinet des Dessins Jean Bonna 2015; CAC Malaga, Spain 2022
Collections include National Museum Wales, Tate Gallery, Saatchi Collection, Scottish National Gallery, Fonda National d’Art Contemporain France
“I saw it as a funny joke on someone who was crying crocodile tears. But the idea is that not all tears come from sad stories. In my art, it's almost like creating a parallel world and you're talking about the world in this fantasy world.” - James Rielly

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