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EXHIBITIONS
DYLAN THOMAS PRINT PROJECT
DYLAN THOMAS PRINT PROJECT
Exhibition of
TWELVE ORIGINAL PRINTS
Collectors'
item to mark the 50th anniversary of Dylan Thomas’ death
Artwork can be seen in the Gallery
In 2003, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Dylan Thomas, twelve printmakers from Swansea Print Workshop collaborated to create a box of twelve original prints in a limited edition of one hundred. Each artist used the poem 'especially when the october wind' as their starting point and stimulus to develop the images.
The exhibition of the project toured extensively in Wales in 2003/4, [see exhibitions listings below] and most recently in Pakistan in 2007, where it accompanied Swansea Print Workshop’s Group Show, ‘51.34 North 1.46 West’, and the Contemporary Welsh Printmakers
Catalogues for sale £2.50 + postage and packing. A PDF of the catalogue will soon be available.
Further detailed information can be found on http://www.dylanthomasprints.com/
The Boxed Set
The twelve handprinted images are loosely bound in a custom made box by the Fine Bindery, Northampton with tejo green cloth covers and embossed type and motifs.
All prints are fully authenticated and the box contains a colophon signed by Aeronwy Thomas, Dylan Thomas's daughter.
Aeronwy Thomas signing the colophon
Additionally the colophon contains a copy of the poem, an essay by the writer, poet and translator, Malcolm Parr entitled 'That Momentary Peace', in which he explores the links between genius, imagination and the written word. Malcolm Parr, who also opened the exhibition in The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, has individually signed each of these inserts, as has Andrew Davies, Assembly Member, Welsh Assembly Government, who wrote the foreword to this unique edition.
A set of the prints has been given by the artists to The Dylan Thomas Centre where they will form part of the permanent collection and will be on display there from August 2003.
The boxed set is also part of the continuing exhibition at the centre, ‘Dylan and the Bookmakers’. An exhibition centering on printers and printing, Artists and Illustrators. Both during his lifetime and after his death the work of Dylan Thomas, has proved attractive to the world of Fine Presses, Fine Printers, Artists and Illustrators.
contemporary welsh printmakers
dylan thomas print project: pakistan
festival of muslim cultures print project
Exhibition Listings
2008
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May: ‘especially when the october wind’: Dylan Thomas Prints: Alhambra Arts Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
2005
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February: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan.
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November: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Ruthin Library, Ruthin, Wales.
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October: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Buckley Library, Denbighshire, Wales.
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September: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, Wales.
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September: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Hafod Centre, Llanwrst, Wales.
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May: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: The Hay Festival of Literature, Hay on Wye, Wales.
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March: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Oriel Washington Gallery, Penarth, Wales.
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January: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
2003
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November 2003 - November 2004: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: The Chrysler Building, New York, USA, Wales International Centre, Welsh Assembly Offices.
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October: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: The Oxford Book Fair, Oxford, England.
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September: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Leighton Park, Reading, England.
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August: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: The National Eisteddfod, Meifod, Wales.
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August: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: The Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, Wales.
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July: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pontardawe, Swansea, Wales.
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June: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: St Donats Arts Centre, Llantwit Major, Wales.
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May 2003: launch of sale of the Dylan Thomas box set of prints.
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March: ‘especially when the october wind’, Dylan Thomas Prints: Preview at Wales Week, Welsh Assembly Government, Theatre du Residence Palace, Brussels.
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