CONCENTRIC: GROUP EXHIBITION BY 6 WOMEN ARTISTS AT CARDIFF MADE

This is a 'must see' exhibition celebrating the diversity and quality of women's art in Wales today for International Women's Day 2015. Hung in the sparkly little gallery of Cardiff Made, 41 Lochaber St in Roath with its café, and shop selling local crafts and organic marmalades, the exhibition includes painting and drawing, installation and text by Jacqueline Alkema, Penny Hallas, Leona Jones, Kay Keogh, Lydia Spurrier-Dawes and Sheila Vyas.
      'Concentric is a coherent group of very individualistic entities, questioning, pushing boundaries, experimenting with making processes and subject matters, all playing with the notion of what and how it is to be a woman and a woman artist.'
         I  particularly liked the intricate and detailed mandalas of  Sheila Vyas, the disturbing imagery of Kay Keogh and the surrealism of Penny Hallas. I laughed out loud at Lydia Spurrier-Dawes, 'siblings' and then thought about it and found the knitted jumpers with long arms wrapped around their bodies like strait jackets, strangely disturbing. Leona Jones text is intriguing and funny. I loved her idea of using moving words in such a way that enables the viewer to visualise the scene.
          The Exhibition is only on until Saturday 21 st of March.  See www.cardiffmade.co.uk for further info.

PS The Portuguese custard natas are a must eat.