Category: Art Swansea
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Swansea Open 2025
The 2025 Swansea Open is on until the 27th of April. This year it is part of a national exhibition project called Come As You Really Are and features not only “traditional” art, but also collections from other crafts. There are two pieces in the exhibition by our own David Nicol, and those can be…
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On Artificial Intelligence (AI/CGW)
We recently completed our submission for the UK government’s Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence). This consultation is open until February 25th 2025. The consultation refers to Generative AI as CGW or Computer Generated Works which kind of waters down the AI aspect and attempts to up the human aspect in order to make…
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Art Swansea – The Beginning
Jeff Koons (Jeffrey Lynn Koons b.21/05/1955) is an American visual artist who creates “pop culture” pieces. He’s incredibly successful, but not without his controversies, especially around the concept of “what is art?”. I recently saw a clip of an interview featuring him and it encapsulated the ethos of what Art Swansea is about. Here’s the…