Vessel: reflections and comments

12 Aug

Written By Marie O'Grady

An art trail in remote rural churches between
Usk and Hay-on-Wye

8 August – 31 October 2024

Jane Sheppard, Grace Vessel, 2023 with curator Jacquiline Creswell_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Jane Sheppard, Grace Vessel, 2023_b_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Barabara Beyer, Possibilities, 2021_d_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Barabara Beyer, Wiela, (detail) 2023_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Andrew Bick, Compendium (tree), 2023_St David's Llangeview_a_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Robert George, Simmer Down I, 2021_b_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Lucy Glendinning, White Hart, 2018_b_Photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

Steinunn Thorararinsdottir, Centre, detail 2013_d_photo by Mud and Thunder.jpg

The many definitions of the word ‘vessel’ emphasise the versatility and richness of the term, its potential interpretations providing a medium for creative expression, symbolism and the exploration of concepts relating to containment, transportation, embodiment and transformation. But vessels are also objects embedded in human experience and as such are profound in their quotidian nature.
These rich possibilities are at the centre of a new exhibition, organised by Art + Christianity, in collaboration with Friends of Friendless Churches, which consists of an art trail around a number of ancient rural churches near the Black Mountains in South Wales.

Read the whole essay in the A+C journal, issue 119. Contact us to request a free copy.

Marie O'Grady

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