Pop Go The Valleys (Part 1/3)
Channel: USW on iTunes U
Date: 20/08/2015

Pop Go The Valleys was a gallery talk presented by Dr Ceri Thomas at the National Museum Wales, in Cardiff, in April 2013. The talk explored relationships between three of the pieces of work in the 'Pop and Abstract' exhibition, on display from March to 1 September 2013. The featured artworks are Ernest Zobole's 'Chair and Dog in a Room', Ken Elias's 'Days Are Where We Live', and Denys Short's 'Hafan'. 

This video is a sample from a collection entitled ‘Visual Culture of South Wales since 1910’, which is available from USW on iTunes U.

DOWNLOAD ‘VISUAL CULTURE OF SOUTH WALES SINCE 1910’ FREE from USW on iTunes U: http://bit.ly/USWVisCul

The collection also includes:
• Pop Go the Valleys (Part 2/3)
• Pop Go the Valleys (Part 3/3)

The collection brings you a series of videos presented by the Curator of the University of South Wales Art Collection, Dr Ceri Thomas, and selected collection exhibitors. 

The collection’s gallery, Oriel y Bont, presents a rolling programme of stimulating, educational exhibitions based on the university collection and ‘visiting’ artworks by artists who have been, or still are, engaged with the visual culture of modern and contemporary South Wales.

The history of art in Wales, and of Welsh art in particular, is still a relatively new phenomenon which has only really begun to grow since the advent of Welsh devolution in the late 1990s. This chronology applies to the development of collections of modern and contemporary Welsh art in Wales, including the collection at the University, which focuses on the visual culture of South Wales region over the last century. 

The University’s collection mainly consists of paintings and works on paper but it also has some examples of fine art photography, ceramics and metal and wood sculpture. Key artists include Ernest Zobole, Ken Elias, John Selway and Joan Baker.

For information on studying at the University of South Wales, visit our website: http://www.southwales.ac.uk