Exhibition
Coal Tree Salt Sea
22 Jun 2016 – 9 Jul 2016
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 12:30 – 17:30
- Saturday
- 12:30 – 17:30
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- Queens Arcade Cardiff
- Queen street
- Cardiff
- CF10 2BY
- United Kingdom
Exploring symbolic meanings in both Coal and Salt. Alchemical salt, like any other alchemical substance, is a metaphoric or ‘philosophical salt’. Coal has alchemical characteristics; born of putrefied matter it can metamorphically transform again into a diamond.
About
Black Gold, Nigredo and White Gold, Albedo
Exploring symbolic meanings in both Coal and Salt.
Alchemical salt, like any other alchemical substance, is a metaphoric or ‘philosophical salt’.
Coal has alchemical characteristics; born of putrefied matter it can metamorphically transform again into a diamond.
Sarah Rhys is an interdisciplinary Wales based artist working on her ongoing project Coal Tree / Salt Sea at ArcadeCardiff which will culminate in an exhibition at Abergavenny Museum in 2017.
// Aur Du, Nigredo a Aur Gwyn, Albedo
Yn archwilio ystyr symbolaidd mewn glo a halen.
Mae halen alcememegol, fel pob sylwedd alcemi yn fetamorffig neu "halen ffilosoffaidd".
Mae gan lo nodweddion alcemegol; yn sylwedd bydredig mae'n gallu trawsnewid eto i fod yn ddeimwnt.
Mae Sarah Rhys yn artist rhyngddisgyblaethol o Gymru ac yn gweithio ar brosiect Coal Tree / Salt Sea yn ArcadeCardiff a fydd yn arwain at arddangosfa yn Amgueddfa Y Fenni yn 2017.
// COAL TREE SALT SEA
Sarah Rhys
Wednesday 22.6.16 to Saturday 9.7.16
Open Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12:30 to 5:30
Drinks Friday 1.7.16 at 6 to 8pm
Dydd Mercher 22.6.16 i Ddydd Sadwrn 9.7.16
Agor Dydd Mercher i Ddydd Sadwrn, 12:30 i 5:30
Diodydd Nos Gwener 1.7.16 am 6 i 8yh