Saturday 11th – Sunday 26th
May
Weekends 10am-5pm
Beef
to the heel like a Mullingar heifer is Irish derogatory slang, but also means
high quality. Gordon Dalton’s work, like a backhanded compliment, has the same
anxious contradictions. The paintings are self-conscious of what they are,
their possible failings, yet disregard any angst by replacing it with a certain
nonchalance and arrogance.
Dalton’s
paintings have a melancholic humour that questions their seriousness and
intentions. His seemingly dour offhand approach denies any superficial finesse
to reveal a love of defiant, unwieldy imagery.
For
The Last Gallery, Dalton has also painted directly onto the windows, giving the
gallery the appearance of a faded dime store or that someone or something is
watching you from behind dirty net curtains. This partially obscures what’s
inside, acting like a mask or veil.
His
new paintings have Dalton’s trademark adolescent qualities yet have a certain
‘folksiness’ about them. Rather than telling stories, they act like punch lines
looking for a joke, misheard lyrics from a song or Chinese whispers.
Dalton’s
work has an awkward grammar on show, asking the viewer to look longer and
harder at what painting is, and why it continues to fascinate.
Gordon
was born 1970, Middlesbrough and lives and works in Cardiff.
Beef To The Heel like a Mullingar
Heifer - Peintiadau newydd gan Gordon Dalton
Dydd Sadwrn 11eg – Dydd
Sul 26ain Mai
Penwythnosau 10yb-5yh
Bratiaith
Gwyddelig yw “Beef to the heel like a Mullingar heifer” ond sydd hefyd yn
golygu ansawdd uchel. Mae gan waith Gordon Dalton yr un gwrthddywediad bryderus
fel cyflenwad gwrthlaw. Mae’r lluniau yn hunanymwybodol o’r hyn ydynt, eu
ffaeleddau posib er yn diystyru unryw angst gan ei ddisodli gan math o
ddifaterwch a thraha.
Mae
gan baentiadau Dalton hiwmor melancolaidd sydd yn cwestiynnu eu difrifwch a
bwriad. Gwadau ei ddull cyndyn unryw ystryw arwynebol i ddatgelu cariad o
ddelweddaeth herfeiddol, trwsgwl.
I’r
‘Last Gallery’, mae Dalton wedi paentio yn syth ar wyneb y ffenestri, sy’n rhoi
edrychiad fel petai rywun yn eich gwylio o tu ôl i lenni net brwnt. Cymylau hyn
beth sydd y tu fewn gan actio fel mwgwd neu orchudd.
Mae
gan baentiadau Dalton rhinweddau o hunaniaeth adolesent er bod ganddynt deimlad
gwerinol amdanynt. Yn hytrach na dweud storiau, maent yn actio fel y linell
ddoniol mewn jôc, llinellau sydd wedi eu camglywed mewn cân neu sibrydion
Tseineaidd.
Dangosai
waith Dalton ramadeg lletchwith sydd yn gofyn i’r gwylwyr i edrych yn hirach a
chaletach i weld beth ydyw’r llun a phaham y mae yn parhau i swyno.
Cafodd
Gordon ei eni yn 1970 ym Middlesbrough ond mae’n byw ac yn gweithio yng
Nghaerdydd.
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