'GLIMPSE' a new book about Brendan Stuart Burns recent work was launched by Jon Gower (writer, director and BBC arts correspondent) at St Davids Hall, Cardiff on Friday 11th May. The book features extracts from the artist's personal journal whilst 'Artist in Residence' at Oriel y Parc 2009. Mel Gooding, international art critic and writer, Tony Curtis, Sally Moss and Ann Price-Owen have all written chapters for this publication. The book, designed by Andy Dark, some 200 pages, has been lavishly printed in Italy by Graphicom to the highest specifications and is case bound. This book is retailed at £75 but copies are available from St Davids Hall (as well as directly from Brendan Stuart Burns - use email link above) for £50. You can view some pages on this website by clicking here or selecting 'Glimpse' from the main menu above.
“An exquisite object in its own right – dense, glossy paper stock, stunning colour reproduction, attention to detail – with the cloth bound and embossed slip cover hinting at the treasures within. If this sounds a bit over the top, it really isn’t.” Emma Geliot
“I have never seen printing to this quality before and hearing Brendan’s account of the time he and Andy Dark spent in Venice overseeing the plates as they came off the press, was testament to the attention to detail involved in this extraordinary volume. Andy Dark has shown wonderful sympathy in the use of space, colour and typography throughout the book.” Tim Collier
Brendan Stuart Burns currently lives and works in Cardiff. He studied Fine Art at Cardiff College of Art (1981 – 1985), and undertook a postgraduate in painting at The Slade School of Art, University College London (1985 – 1987). He won the Gold Medal in Fine Art at The National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1993 and 1998, and Welsh Artist of the Year in 2000 and 2003. Burns has exhibited both Nationally and Internationally, including America, France, Belgium, Australia and Spain. His one-person exhibitions include Influere, Oriel Y Parc – Landscape Gallery, St. Davids; Tidal Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, (2005); Not the Stillness… National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Oriel Clwyd and Newport Museum & Art Gallery (2002); As well as Being… National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Turner House Gallery, Cardiff (1999). He has shown widely in group exhibitions, including 'Masterpieces of Modern British Art’, Osbourne Samuel Gallery London (2008); Refractions / Shadows 7 Artists curated by Mel Gooding, Lemon St Gallery Truro (2008); Vll Xuntanza Obradoiro Internacional das Artes Plasticas, Museo Municipal ‘Ramon Maria Allen, Spain (2004); Places, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff (2003); West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard (2003); Gordon Hepworth Gallery, Affordable Art Fair New York (2003); Painting Ysbryd / Spirit Wales, Festival Interceltique de L’Orient, France; National Eisteddfod of Wales, St Davids (2002); Different Lights, UKwithNY Festival, Angel Orensanz Arts Centre, New York (2001); Welsh Artists Talking, National Museum & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff (2000). His work is held in numerous private and public collections including The National Museum & Galleries of Wales (Derek Williams Trust), The Contemporary Art Society of Wales, A Fundacion Casa Museo ‘A Solaina’ de Pilono, Spain, The University of Glamorgan and Contemporary Art Society of Britain (Tom Bendhem Bequest). A monograph of the Artists work was published by Seren in 2007. ‘Into Painting’ is written by David Alston (Arts Director, Arts Council of Wales) and Mel Gooding (International Art Critic and writer). He has just completed an Artist in Residence at Oriel y Parc, Landscape Gallery St Davids, a partnership between the National Park & National Museum Wales. This body of new work was exhibited alongside works selected from the National Museums Collection, which have influenced Burns’ career to date. He has recently completed his PhD, and has published extracts from his journals whilst artist in residence at Oriel y Parc. Mel Gooding, Tony Curtis, Sally Moss and Anne Price-Owen have all contributed chapters towards this book which will be launched at the exhibition 'Glimpse', St Davids Hall, Cardiff on the 11th May 2012.
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