AN exhibition of work by Islwyn Watkins, who combines running the Offa’s Dyke Antique Centre in Knighton with his work as an artist, opens on Monday at Ludlow’s Silk Top Hat Gallery.
Islwyn’s constructions and works on paper are in the tradition established by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) and the ‘cubist’ and ‘Dada’ artists of the early 20th century.
This involves the use of ‘found material’, and of both two and three dimensional representation.
Since the 1960s, he has exhibited widely in the UK and USA and is a member and former chairman of the Welsh Group of artists.
“Each work is a new experience to me. The chance discovery of a piece of material sets up a chain of thought,” says Islwyn.
The exhibition will be at the gallery in Quality Square until March 27.
Admission is free. For further details, call 01584 875363.
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