Folk Art and Fairy Tales, currently at the mac in Birmingham, is an exhibition that delights, thrills and charms. As I viewed it, I constantly heard people saying, " I like ..., I like ..."
The exhibition brings together ten leading artist-makers from Wales and other parts of the UK, connected by their excellence, creativity and their fascination with narrative and literature, folk art, legends and fairy stories. Their works range from the witty and humorous through to those that explore the darker, more mysterious side of myth and fairy tales.
The exhibition presents the disarming creatures of Lucy Casson and Julie Arkell, Samantha Bryan’s exercising fairies, Cathy Miles’ witty wirework birds and quirky sculptures by Jayne Lennard. Carys Anne Hughes’ textiles look at the uneasy side of nursery rhymes while Jennifer Collier’s shoes and dresses weave stories and fruit into their fabric. These show alongside Su Blackwell’s exquisite book-sculptures and installation, Rachael Howard’s wonderful fabric hangings and a major new ceramics series by Lowri Davies. Fresh, fun and full of joie de vivre, this exhibition brightens the winter days.
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