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Mark Williams' Gallery
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Williams-esque humour, the artist's first one-man show at Newport's
GPF Gallery was given the title 'It's not unusual', a reference
to the Tom Jones song, one of the unofficial national anthems
of Wales; only Williams gave this an ironic twist by adding
the subtitle: "It's not unusual, bu then again it is."
"I had selected everyday mundane things as subject matter"
he explained. "Seeming unpromising material, such as
tumbledown sheds, allotment gardens, electricity pylons and
imbibed them with something so that the ordinary becomes extraordinary"
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His paintings of Newport on a dreary rain-soaked afternoon
look anything but bleak because of the vibrant oranges,
blues and greens with which he infuses his work.
| "Mark Williams is quite simply a phenomenon.
He is able to juggle humour and pathos in a way
which is truly remarkable. Involved with the art
world for a quarter of a century, rarely have I
stumbled across such an unknown wonder, a treasure.
I believe his work to be of international significance". |
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GPF gallery owner Janet Martin
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>> To see more of the paintings >>>
click here
>> Illustrations in Pictorial Calendar of the
Ancient Kingdom of Gwent >>> click
here
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Exhibitions & Reviews
To read a review of Mark Williams exhibition >>
click here
>>> Buzz
Magazine "It's Not Unusual" (link to new
page text supplied below)
>>> Western
Mail - "Art of the Ordinary" 10/10.03
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