"Static"

(Crocheted tapestry featured in group show)

Weirdness of the real

Oriel Canfass Gallery 

Cardiff

28/11/2025-14/12/2025

From the gallery about the show: 

"In his philosophical and poetic manifesto, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, J F Martel argues for the restoration of art's authentic power in a world saturated by manipulation and spectacle.He contends that true art is not a cultural construct but a primordial human phenomenon. This can be made manifest through the "Weirdness of the Real"', the theme explored in this show: an uncanny charge that emerges when reality reveals its strangeness."

"The Real is the inter-zone where anything could happen, all things are possible and no amount of

expert knowledge can enable us to predict what might come next, or even what is actually going on

in a given situation."