OH BONDAGE! Up yours!
Sioned mason smitH • SEREN MORGAN JONES • saeri SEO • SUE WILLIAMS
03|06 - 27|06|26

[English below]

‘Some people  think little girls should be seen and not heard

But I think, “Oh, bondage, up yours!”

1-2-3-4!’

Cyflwyna TEN arddangosfa thematig sy’n cynnwys artistiaid benywaidd sydd â’u gwaith yn dathlu merched a menywod, ac yn gweithredu fel amddiffynfa yn erbyn casineb systemig at fenywod

Ganwyd y cysyniad o ddicter at y newyddion diderfyn yn dogfennu trais ffiaidd tuag at ferched a menywod a’r amgylchedd barhaus o ragfarn yn seiliedig ar ryw. O achos dychrynllyd Gisèle Pelicot a tystiolaeth achos Epstein i ddylanwad gwenwynig y 'Manosffer' - mewn cyfnod o benawdau dinistriol a chynnydd rhethreg gwrth-fenywod, mae gwaith yr artistiaid dan sylw yn gwasanaethu fel gwrthwynebiad angenrheidiol, creadigol. Boed yn fyrlymus neu'n fyfyriol, yn amwlg neu'n gynhenid ​​​​i'w methodoleg, mae pob artist yn mynnu safbwynt sy'n herfeiddiol ac yn ffeministaidd yn ei hanfod

Mae Sioned Mason Smith yn archwilio symbol y llwy garu Gymreig fel motiff yn ei gwaith. Mae'r llwy garu yn grefft werin sydd bellach wedi dod yn drope Cymreig - rhywbeth sy'n dynodi traddodiad Cymreig nodedig, ond sydd bellach yn byw mewn siopau cofroddion a thwristaidd. Mae hi'n eu llusgo'n ôl i berthnasedd trwy eu trwytho â safbwyntiau, gwerthoedd ac estheteg cyfoes. Drwy ymgorffori ffurfiau corfforol yn y traddodiad hwn, mae hi'n ei weld fel cwestiynu ein rhagdybiaethau a'n disgwyliadau ynghylch beth sy'n arwydd derbyniol o gariad

Mae menywod yn thema ganolog yng ngwaith Seren Morgan Jones - a’i hunig destun. Mae hi'n creu delweddau gan ddefnyddio elfennau o iaith baentiadol glasurol, gyda thro cyfoes, ffeministaidd wrth ehangu cwmpas portreadu traddodiadol

Mae'r seramegydd SaeRi Seo yn archwilio 'Good Child Syndrome' sydd wedi'i wreiddio yn ei magwraeth Gonffiwsaidd draddodiadol Corea a disgwyliadau sy’n seiliedig ar ryw. Drwy ddadadeiladu'r Moon Jar - symbol o berffeithrwydd a rhinweddac ffurf ac, yn draddodiadol, â ganiateir i ddynion yn unig ei greu - mae hi'n rhyddhau ei hun o gyfyngiadau'r gorffennol, gan ddangos y gwrthdaro mewnol rhwng pwysau cymdeithasol a hunaniaeth unigol

Mae Sue Williams yn archwilio ac yn herio ffantasïau ffeministiaeth, rhywioldeb, rhywedd a diwylliant yn ei gwaith. Wrth wneud hynny mae hi'n cynnig ei hymateb angerddol ac uniongyrchol i brofiadau bod yn fenyw - uchafbwyntiau ac isafbwyntiau profiadau erotig, atgofion, materion teuluol a sylwebaeth ar fywyd yn yr 21ain ganrif

Mae teitl yr arddangosfa wedi'i gymryd o'r gân pync Seisnig boblogaidd gan X-Ray Specs, a ryddhawyd ym 1977. Yn amrwd, yn rhuo ac yn gynddeiriog ddidrugaredd, daeth neges wrth-gyfalafol y gân yn anthem pync ffeministaidd, wedi'i wthio ymlaen gan gyflwyniad idiosyncratig y prif gantores Poly Styrene: cymysgedd o ganu melodig a gwaeddu brys, wedi'i gyfuno â chri a sgrechiadau - cri am ryddhad, gwrthryfel a rhyddid. Daeth apêl y trac yn anthem fabwysiedig i bawb sy'n ceisio datgymalu caethiwed strwythurol normau cymdeithasol, anghyfiawnder hiliol a gormes batriarchaidd

Yn frwdfrydig o bync, yn gadarnhaol yn erbyn patriarchaeth ac o blaid merched, mae'r arddangosfa hon yn brotest llawn cynddaredd tawel-benderfynol a hyderus yn erbyn y gyflafan ddifrifol o'n cwmpas

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TEN presents a thematic exhibition featuring female artists whose work serves as both a celebration of girls and women, and as a bulwark against systemic misogyny

The concept was born from outrage at the bombardment of news documenting despicable violence toward girls and women and the continued landscape of gender-based prejudice. From the harrowing case of Gisèle Pelicot and the Epstein legacy to the toxic influence of the ‘Manosphere’ - in a time of devastating headlines and rise of anti-women rhetoric, the work of the artists involved serve as urgent, creative resistance. Whether knee-jerk or meditative, explicit or inherent to their methodology, each artist asserts a position that is fundamentally defiant and feminist

Sioned Mason Smith explores the symbol of a Welsh Love spoon as a motif within her practice. The Love spoon is a folk craft which has now become a Welsh trope - something signifying a distinctive Welsh tradition, but now inhabits souvenir and tourist shops. She drags them back into relevance by injecting them with modern perspectives, values and aesthetics. By incorporating bodily forms within this tradition, she sees it as a questioning of our presumptions and expectations surrounding what is an accepting token of love

Women are a central theme in Seren Morgan Jones’s work and her sole subjects. She creates images using elements of classical painterly language, with a contemporary, feminist twist while expanding the scope of traditional portraiture

Ceramicist SaeRi Seo explores 'Good Child Syndrome' rooted in her traditional Korean Confucian upbringing and gender-based expectations. By deconstructing the Moon Jar - a symbol of perfection and virtue and, traditionally, a form for male makers only - she liberates herself from past constraints, visualising the internal conflict between societal pressure and individual identity

Sue Williams explores and challenge the fantasies of feminism, sexuality, gender and culture in her work. In doing so she offers her passionate and direct response to the experiences of being a woman - the ups and downs of erotic experiences, memories, family issues and commentary on life in the 21st century

The title of the exhibition is taken from the English punk rock hit by X-Ray Specs, released in 1977. Raw, roaring and raging in it’s relentlessness, the song’s anti-consumerism message became a feminist punk anthem, propelled by front-woman Poly Styrene’s idiosyncratic delivery: a visceral blend of melodic singing and urgent proclamation, dotted with wails and shrieks - a rallying cry for liberation, rebellion and freedom. The track’s urgent appeal became an adopted anthem to all who look to dismantle the structural bondage of societal norms, racial injustice and patriarchal oppression

Fervently punk, positively anti-patriarchy and pro-girls, this exhibition is rage-filled, quiet-resolute and confident protest against the grim carnage around us

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