The work of Welsh artist Tim Davies, who is set to represent Wales at the 2011 Venice Biennale, has gone on display in a new exhibition at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
Tim Davies: 50th Year To Heaven features new and existing works by the Swansea-based artist and includes a commission that documents Davies' year long contemplation of the use of photojournalistic images as a witness to local and global events.
The work seeks out patterns amongst the ordinary and extraordinary - where the trivial is positioned next to the brutal, the usual alongside the unusual - within the framework of 365 days. Every day then acts as a witness.
Images taken from Tim Davies' exhibition, 50th Year to Heaven
Davies already has an international reputation as an artist. He was the winner of the Fine Art Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod in 2003 and was selected for the inaugural Artes Mundi in 2004. In 2008 he was a Major Creative Wales Award recipient from the Arts Council of Wales. He is currently the Head of Fine Art at the Swansea Metropolitan University.
Tim Davies: 50th Year To Heaven runs until Sunday 16 January 2011. For more information visit the Chapter website.
