I thought we would suck up some culture on our day out today. We are starting at St Fagan's which I am sure many of you have visited many times. Yet it is nice to see it again and watch out for new buildings. It is obvious too it has changed quite a lot sometimes for the better and sometimes with much regret.
.I have found this more recent update on the museum which you may not have seen, so do enjoy. It is very short. The Princes' court is interesting and we managed to view this when we were last visited.
Now we shall pop down the road and into the city. We are going to the National Museum of Wales. When our children were small and we holidayed with my parents this was a favourite place to come not only for the galleries of exhibits but also the excellent session behinds the scenes for children and young people. Our children loved it from films to colouring collage making etc. Did you go or haven't you been for years? It is an easy place to pop to even just for an hour and a coffee and you can park in its own carpark.
I thought we might view the art galleries as we haven't done much with art in the year the blog has been running. The first video is quite old at 2011.
This second gallery visit to the Impressionist and modern art gallery is also from 2011
Now we are into our art today and thought you might like to know that the Methodist church has quite a substantial modern art collection which originated from the wealthy and devout family of John and Sheila Gibbs, from Penarth. There are some interesting works here and you can visit and even request exhibitions from the Church. I grew up knowing the Gibbs family and their love of modern art, but I am not convinced it should be a church resource though so convince me otherwise! More than that, enjoy it. Simply click on the link and then select browse the collection.
There are over 50 works, including some by well-known artists such as Graham Sutherland, Elisabeth Frink, William Roberts, Patrick Heron.
Most of the pictures depict scenes from the life and teaching of Christ: some artists were or are believing Christians, others not.
Works are still being acquired to ensure that the ideas and concerns of today's artists are represented in the Collection.
You could refer to 'Seeing the Spiritual - A Guide to the Methodist Modern Art Collection'
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