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Artes Mundi 4 2010 at the National Museum Cardiff
With very high standards from all of the exhibited artists, Artes Mundi 4 was a genuine pleasure to visit. With so much to see and think about, you could have easily wilded away hours just wandering around, pondering everything. From new ways of looking at our history to questions about the state, the media and the movements of society, Artes Mundi 4 contained much more than what was immediately evident with layers of thoughts, ideas and imagery scattered in amongst it all.
Olga Chernysheva’s Festive Dreams, for example, is one of the finest investigations of humanity recorded on film. Within the confines of its simple recording is a display of the motivations of masses. Without scripted dialogue or direction, Olga has managed to capture something that encapsulates a lot of the things that make us tick.
By far my favourite exhibited artist is Fernando Bryce, who’s reproductions of historic printed material that he finds is an important reminder of the things that the people of the earth are capable of. From slavery and oppression in Africa to the propaganda of European states, Fernando Bryce’s recreations in Indian ink are exquisitely worked and powerfully moving.
Today marks the end of Artes Mundi 4, and 2010 has been a great year for the exhibition as it goes from strength to strength. While you’ll have to wait until 2012 for the next Artes Mundi Prize to be launched, you might want to put it in your diary now, because it shouldn’t be missed.
4.5/5
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