In the artist's research responding to the title of the 2024 Ffoto Cymru Festival ‘What You See Is What You Get’, the painting by Richard Wilson has become a metaphor for the question: Do we really get what we see? and how does an image speak to the truth?
An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Ffotogallery.
Join us with artist Audrey Albert for Sunprinting : Traces of Heritage, a hands-on cyanotype workshop inspired by the themes of identity, heritage, and home. Taking place alongside the powerful exhibition Belongers, this creative session offers an opportunity to explore personal and cultural connections through the unique art of sunprinting.
Join us on for an inspiring afternoon of dialogue with the artist and contributors behind Belongers : Chagossian Identity Explored. Audrey Albert, Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun, Ellianne Baptiste, and Charlie Bird come together to discuss the themes and stories that shape this powerful exhibition.
Ffocws is part of Ffotogallery’s mission to support early-career visual artists in Wales, for those who have been through formal education, and those who have had other paths into photography.
The centrepiece of Nationhood: Memory and Hope is The Necessity of Seeing - A major new collection of constructed images by Ethiopian photographer Aïda Muluneh. Shot through her surrealist lens at iconic locations in Bradford, Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow, Muluneh’s new work reveals the overlooked stories, forgotten histories and quiet moments that shape who we are.
This Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, curated by Johny Pitts, emphasises the perspectives of practitioners who turn their gaze towards both their communities and outwards to the wider world, celebrating contemporary working class life, championing its diversity and beauty, whilst challenging perceptions of it.
