The Colour of the Earth - Art and the Material Landscape
24th October 2016Location: Oriel Y Parc National Museum Wales in Pembrokeshire, St Davids, SA62 6NW.
Rodney Harris has recreated William Smith's 1815 Map of the British Isles using geological pigments made from corresponding ground up rock samples from each area of the UK. The resulting full scale map is a unique and surprising overview of the true colours of the British landscape. Harris's map will be on display alongside work by four artists for whom the material or geological nature of the Pembrokeshire coast has been a starting point for their practice - Adam Buick, Brendan Stuart Burns, Mike Perry and Graham Sutherland. Exhibition continues until March 27th 2017.