Chapter and the South Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SWDFAS) are delighted to announce that recent graduate Alan Goulbourne has successfully completed his commission for Chapter’s hoarding which is on display for the duration of Chapter’s redevelopment until mid 2009.
The artist had been selected from a strong group of short-listed candidates. Recent graduates and current MA students from South Wales colleges were invited to apply for the commission, an opportunity made possible by Chapter and the South Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SWDFAS). This commission forms a continuation of the SWDFAS and Chapter collaboration which in the past has seen ‘Study and Stay’ residencies, offering graduate artists from South Wales colleges the opportunity to undertake six-month residencies at Chapter.
Alan Goulbourne has managed to transform the hoarding into an extraordinary piece of art. He has worked with wood to create a multi-layered three-dimensional sculptural landscape on the hoarding. The finished work is ‘an explosive piece with variable forms that ebb and flow across the boards; a piece that conveys rebirth; that is full of energy and inspires growth and movement’.
The work has already won many admirers, among them acclaimed dancer and choreographer Sioned Huws who saw Alan work on the hoarding while she was rehearsing for her latest ‘Aomori Project’ at Chapter and invited him to create a similar wooden relief live during her performances at Chapter. Alan Goulbourne’s work will remain on display outside Chapter until the end of Chapter’s redevelopment in mid 2009.
Alan Goulbourne graduated with a BA in Fine Art (Honours) from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff this summer.
Image: Alan Goulbourne, commission for Chapter hoarding, 2008, courtesy the artist. Photograph: Phil Babot.
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