Guided Tour of Art Across The City 2012
We arrived at St Mary’s church and the children were very interested and keen to get started. There were some very interesting perceptive comments made by the pupils from Whitestone Primary and Mitsi initiated a discussion about Fiona Curren’s work by asking, “Is this two worlds trying to meet up as they look like they are trying to attach together?” It was a very vibrant way to begin our tour as all the children were instantly engaged in this art piece.
We moved on to Oxford Street and the second piece in our tour. Cleo asked if David Blandy’s work, ‘The Devil Meets Dylan Thomas’ was Pop Art and Mitsi asked, “Why are the pictures in Manga style?”
This class seemed very interested in Art and also had knowledge of Swansea. Lauren, Laura, and Emily all worked out what Icons were on Jock Mooney’s work as they had seen them around the city and had also heard a newspaper article about the Swansea Devil. Ben even knew the story of our famous lifesaving dog, ‘Swansea Jack’. Cleo asked if this work was a ‘Key’ for the city.
Before discussing ‘Cowin Lush’, Eddie instantly asked if these pieces by Dave Marchant were Neon and Emily asked if they represented people having a night out! The children were very perceptive and this interest was maintained for the whole tour.
Tatham and O’Sullivan’s art piece was the final stop on the tour and Eddie said, “Are they shelters? ”, which, of course, is the title of the piece -Wow.
Dave Marchant, 2012
