A Victorian sea-side town worthy of multiple posts.
Here I will focus on one jewel in her crown Oriel Mostyn Gallery;
Behind an impressive 1901 terra cota façade in the strikingly beautiful seaside town of Llandudno is Wales’ leading gallery of contemporary art – MOSTYN. Topped with a landmark gold spire, in 2010 it completed an expansion in which old and new buidlings are integrated in a stunning design by architect Dominic Williams.
I have never been let down by any spontaneous visit to this gallery. There has always been some sort of lingering thoughts provoked by work seen there, discussions had on the train journey back home.
This time, we wandered into one of it's large rooms to see a load of rocks piled up at one end. If a visitor hadn't had their curiosity piqued, hadn't wandered over for a closer look, they would have failed to be surprised when it dawned on them that they weren't "real"! *
The work was "Raised Beach" by Alex Duncan.
It seems his work plays with fascinating ideas regarding what is "real", "natural", "made". It's worth clicking on the artist link above for a better summary than I can give here.
It was a good to go to the gallery en route to a care-free afternoon spent between Llandudno's North and West shores. See if you can distinguish between gallery and beach shots in the photos above.
*overheard by retreating gallery visitor, who we surmised had merely glimpsed at the room without investigating further,
"And they call that art".
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