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There isn't one, it's just called Caerleon
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Caerleon Endowed Junior School was created on 1979-06-15.
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Caerleon Endowed Infants School was created on 1979-06-15.
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The town Caerleon, located in the outskirts of Newport, South Wales, is famous for being the location of where Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King. It is also where numerous Roman Forts are located.
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Camalot
It's spelled Camelot. Or it could have been Caerleon, just depends. In Thomas Malory's La Morte d'Arthur (The Death of Arthur) one of the best sources for Arthurian Legend it's called Carlion. Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and Layamon called Camelot Caerleon. Geoffrey gives a very elaborate back story of Caerleon.
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Leo McKellen was born on August 8, 1980, in Caerleon, Wales, UK.
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Joyce Bland was born on November 10, 1906, in Caerleon, Wales, UK.
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St Cyres Comprehensive School was created in 1958.
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The town on the River Usk in South Wales that is associated with King Arthur's legendary Camelot is Caerleon. It is believed to be the site of Arthur's court in Welsh folklore and has many Arthurian connections, though the exact location of Camelot remains a topic of debate.
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There are three saints named Aaron. Which one do you prefer?
•Aaron of Brettany
•Aaron of Caerleon
•Aaron of Cracow
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Caerleon - but remember King Arthur and Camelot is a story/legend not a historical fact and there is no evidence that Camelot existed or if it did exist where it really was.
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If you are referring to Saint Aaron of Brettany, his feast day is June 22.
If you are referring to Saint Aaron of Caerleon, his feast day is July 1.
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George C. Boon has written:
'A hundred and one coins' -- subject(s): Numismatics, Collectors and collecting
'Segontium, Caernarfon'
'Plan of Caerleon'
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It is not known where Camelot may have once stood, some historians believe Camelot was in Caerleon, South wales while others believe it was in Somerset, England and some believe it did not exist at all.
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Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School's motto is 'Hunan Ddisgyblaeth'.
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On July 1st the following saints are honored:
Aaron of Caerleon
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
Arnulf of Mainz
Calais of Anisole
Castus of Sinuessa
Cewydd
Domitian of Lerins
Eparchius of Perigord
Gall of Clermont
Golvinus of Leon
Jan Nepomuk Chrzan
Julius of Caerleon
Junipero Serra
Juthware
Leonorius of Brittany
Martin of Vienne
Nazju Falzon
Oliver Plunkette
Regina of Denain
Secundinus of Sinuessa
Servan of Culross
Sherfute
Simeon the Gaul
Theodoric of Mont d'Or
Thomas Maxfield
Veep
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Octavius Morgan has written:
'Some account of the ancient monuments in the Priory Church, Abergavenny' -- subject(s): Sepulchral monuments, Priory Church (Abergavenny, Gwent)
'Notice of a tessellated pavement discovered in the churchyard, Caerleon' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Roman, Labyrinths, Maze gardens, Mosaic Pavements, Pavements, Mosaic, Roman Antiquities
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Victor Erle Nash-Williams has written:
'The early Christian monuments of Wales' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Christian antiquities, Christian art and symbolism, Monuments
'The Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon, Monmouthshire' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Roman Antiquities
'The Roman frontier in Wales' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Romans
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A few South Wales towns.........Abergavenny, Aberdare, Barry,Blaenafon, Cwmbran, Caerleon, Chepstow, Dinas Powys,Ebbw Vale, Fochriw, Gilwern, Griffithstown, Hengoed,Kenfig, Llandow, Merthyr Tydfil, Nelson, Nash, Oakdale, Panteg, Penarth, Radyr, Risca, Shirenewton, Taffs well, Tonyrefail, Usk, Undy, Varteg, Wick, Wenvoe, Ystrad Mynach.
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Grace Simpson has written:
'Caerleon and the Roman forts in Wales in the second century A.D' -- subject- s -: Roman Antiquities, Roman Fortification
'Roman weapons, tools, bronze equipment and brooches from Neuss--Novaesium excavations, 1955-1972' -- subject- s -: Bronze implements, Catalogs, Fibula - Archaeology -, Iron implements, Roman Antiquities, Romans
'Quilts beautiful' -- subject- s -: Quilting
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M4 Newport - Queueing traffic for five miles on M4 eastbound between J25, A4042 (Caerleon) and J24, A48 (Coldra), because of earlier swan on the road. Approach with care. All lanes have been re-opened. Congestion to J26, A4042 (Malpas Road) and to J27, B4591 (Highcross).
Last updated: 8th October 2010 at 13:06
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The problem with guessing when the Romans arrived in any part of Britain is that new discoveries are being made all the time. Caerleon was once thought to be just a legionary fort - we now know it was a large town with a thriving commercial section; and it is only about thirty years since archaeologists discovered that Monmouth stood on top of a large Roman settlement.
The Roman camp at Brithdir in Snowdonia seems to have been abandoned by around 120 AD. The Romans didn't abandon forts unless an area was already pacified - so the first settlements in Gwynedd must have been long before that.
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* Alcester - (Aluana) * Bath - (Aquae Sulis) * Caerleon - (Isca Augusta) * Caernarfon - (Segontium) * Caerwent - (Venta Silurum) * Canterbury - (Durovernum Cantiacorum) * Carlisle - (Luguvalium) * Carmarthen - (Moridunum) * Colchester - (Camulodunum) * Corbridge - (Coria) * Chichester - (Noviomagus Regnorum. Noviomagus means New Market and is also the Roman place name of a town in the Netherlands, now called Nijmegen) * Chester - (Deva Victrix) * Cirencester - (Corinium) * Dover - (Portus Dubris) * Dorchester - (Durnovaria) * Exeter - (Isca Dumnoniorum) * Gloucester - (Glevum) * Leicester - (Ratae Corieltauvorum) * London - (Londinium) * Lincoln - (Lindum Colonia) * Manchester - (Mamucium) * Newcastle upon Tyne - (Pons Aelius) * Northwich - (Condate) * St Albans - (Verulamium) * Towcester - (Lactodorum) * Whitchurch - (Mediolanum) * Winchester - (Venta Belgarum)
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1. According to S. Dorotheus of Tyre, [M. & Saint,] The Church was brought to Britain by S.Simon Zelotes, just after the death of his brother Christ!
2. S. Aristobulos was first Bishop of the Church in Britain.
3. S.Albanicus the Wise, [Gildas,] a Celtic Historian claims that,"Christ, the True Sun affords His light, the knowledge of His precepts, to our Island in the last year, as we know of Tiberius Caesar."
[This would make the year app, 37 AD.]
4. According to Father Estell a Roman scholar, There was at least one British Bishop at the Council of Nice 325AD.
5. British Bishops ,of York, of London and Caerleon were present at the Church Council of Arles AD, 314.
Others at Sardica in Illyria, AD 347;Ariminium, in Italy 359 AD;
These are just a few of the highlights from the early days of the Catholic Church in this country and highlight the fact that the Church in Britain was not here in name only but was deeply involved in the development of the ancient faith.
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St. David, Bishop and Primate of Wales died ca. 601. St. David is the patron saint of Wales and is known through legend with scant corroborative evidence. David or Dewi was the son of a chieftain. He was educated at Henfynyw. St. David founded 12 monasteries, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where he was consecrated and elevated as a bishop. Bishop David had prominent roles in two councils, Brefi and Caerleon in which the heresy of Pelagianism was condemned. On being named Primate of Wales, he moved his See to Mynyw (Menevia, St. David's) where he died. He is presumed to have been canonized by Pope Callistus II ca. 1120. His feast day is 1 March.
As to the question of siblings, tradition and legend are silent. Considering his high birth as a chief's son, but not being termed, heir, the presumption is St. David had at least a brother who became chief on the death of their father.
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The Roman stationed four legions in Britain: the Legio IX Hispana (which disappeared from the records in the 120s) and the Legio VI Victrix in York, the Legio XX Valeriana Victrix in Chester and the Legio II Augusta in Caerleon (Wales). They undertook infrastructural projects, bulling roads, aqueducts, bridges, public baths and the like. They also promoted economic development.
The Romans revolutionised British agriculture. They introduced vegetables (asparagus, cabbages, carrots, celery, garlic, leeks, onions, peas, radishes, turnips, shallots) herbs (bay, basil, rosemary, thyme and savoury mint and herbs that were used in brewing and for medicinal purposes). They also introduced new and more productive grains which madebread became important in the British diet. They brought white cattle, brown hare, chickens, guinea fowl, pheasants, and rabbits were probably introduced as farmyard animals. The fruit they introduced included apples (as opposed to crab apples), grapes, cherries, mulberries and pears. They also brought walnuts and sweet chestnuts.
The Romans bought metals from the British mines and imported amphorae and olive oil. The Roman troops stationed in Britain bought food and goods from the locals. There were no recorded British rebellions after Boudicca's rebellion.
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Bath (Aquae Sulis )
Binchester, Durham (Vinovia )
Bitterne, Hampshire (Clausentum )
Bridlington (Praesidium/Praetorium )
Brough-on-Noe, Derbyshire (Anavio )
Burgh Castle (Garrianonum )
Buxton, Derbyshire (Aquae Arnemetiae )
Caerleon (Isca Augusta )
Caernarfon (Segontium )
Caerwent, Monmouthshire (Venta Silurum )
Cambridge (Durolipons )
Canterbury (Durovernum Cantiacorum )
Carlisle (Luguvalium )
Carmarthen (Moridunum )
Castleford (Lagentium )
Chelmsford, Essex (Caesaromagus )
Chester (Deva )
Chesterholme (Vindolanda )
Chester-le-street, County Durham (Concangis )
Chichester (Noviomagus Reginorum )
Cirencester (Corinium Dobunnorum )
Colchester (Camulodunum )
Corbridge (Coria )
Crayford (Noviomagus Cantiacorum )
Doncaster (Danum )
Dorchester (Durnovaria )
Dover (Dubris )
Dunstable (Durocobrivis )
Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum )
Filey (Portus Felix )
Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire (Ardotalia )
Gloucester (Glevum Colonia )
Halifax (Hortonium )
Ilchester (Lindinis )
Ilkley (Olicana )
Isle of Wight (Vectis )
Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum )
Lincoln (Lindum Colonia )
London (Londinium )
Manchester (Mamucium )
Middlewich (Salinae )
Northwich, Cheshire (Condate )
Norton, near Daventry, Northamptonshire (Bannaventa )
Pumsaint/Dolaucothi (Luentinum )
Romford (Durolitum )
Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum )
Springhead, Kent (Vagniacea )
St Albans (Verulamium )
Swindon (Durocornovium )
Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Calcaria )
Towcester (Lactodorum )
Wall, Staffordshire (Letocetum )
Whitchurch, Shropshire (Mediolanum )
Winchester (Venta Belgarum )
Wroxeter, Shropshire (Viroconium Cornoviorum )
York (Eboracum )
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According to the most common accounts, she died peaceably in a convent, either in Caerleon according to the chronicles, or in Amesbury according to the Lancelot version of her story. In the prose romance PerlesvausGuenevere dies of sorrow for the death of her son Lohot, long before Arthur's last battle. Her body and the head of her son Lohot are placed in a tomb in a chapel in the Island of Avalon. Arthur's body will eventually also lie there. It is possible that this author imagined a sequel in which Arthur would marry a second Queen Guenevere who would become Mordred's lover. Jean de Preis composed his Mer des Histoires or Ly Myreur des Histors near the end of the fourteenth century. In this version Mordred survives the final batltle. Arthur, and Gawain also!, sail away to Avalon. Then Lancelot of the Lake returns to Britain along with his vassal, King Carados of Little Britain. Lancelot besieges and captures London, executes the guilty Guenevere, and imprisons Mordred with her corpse, which in his hunger Mordred eats. Lancelot bestows the crown on Constantine the son of King Carados, and himself becomes a hermit.
According to Hector Boece in his Scotorum Historia in 1527, the Scottish king, Eugenius, an ally of Mordred, remains master of the field in the last battle, and takes prisoner Queen Guanora (here first mentioned in Boece), whom the Picts hold in lifelong captivity. Boece mentions an alternate tradition according to which Arthur obtained his wife back from Mordred, and had her torn apart by wild horses. According to a local legend at Meigle in mid Scotland, north of Perth, Guenevere fled there after the deaths of Arthur and Modred. The people there disliked her and slew her.
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The presumed historic Arthur would have flourished somewhere in the former Roman province of Britannia, that is in the area now occupied by England, Wales, and southern Scotland.
It it is likely that he was more connected with some part of this area than others, but early sources don't indicate, except for some slight suggestions connecting Arthur to Cornwall. But some scholars reject this. Indeed, some scholars connect Arthur mainly with southern Scotland, and Arthur's main city in the earliest Arthurian romances is Carduel, which is generally believed to represent Carlisle.
In many of the medieval romances, Arthur is principally King of Logres. The name represents Welsh Loegyr, a Welsh name of unknown origin but used in historical sources to mean approximately England.
King Arthur is pictured as holding court at various different places, some of them historic and some of them unknown. In the earliest romances the cities where he most commonly holds court are Carduel/Carlisle and Caerleon. In the later prose romances King Arthur most often holds court at an inland city called Camelot, which has not been definitively identified with any historical site. Sites sometimes considered are Colchester in Essex (Latin Camulodunum), Slack in Yorkshire (also Latin Camulodunum), Cadbury Castle in Somerset, Winchester, Westminster, and Camelon in Falkirk in central Scotland. Some have said that Cornish legend also claims that Tintagel Castle in Cornwall was being the site of Camelot. However, this identification is found in no extant medieval text. Indeed, the two places are quite distinct.
The seacost town of Tintagel being close to the town of Camelford and the River Camel does not help this claim. Camelot is always in inland city when its geography is described.
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While in England and Wales, the Romans built some 70 Roman towns and infrastructural projects. They built many roads, aqueducts, bridges, sewers, public toilets, public baths, basilicas (public buildings), amphitheatres (arenas for gladiatorial games) and the like. They also promoted economic development. England and Wales became integrated with the economy of the empire and imported and imported goods from and across the Channel. The main exports were metals from the mines of Cornwall and Wales and ceramics. The main imports were amphorae and olive oil.
The Romans revolutionised British agriculture. They introduced many vegetables (asparagus, cabbages, carrots, celery, garlic, leeks, onions, peas, radishes, turnips, shallots) herbs (bay, basil, rosemary, thyme and savoury mint and herbs that were used in brewing and for medicinal purposes). They also introduced new and more productive grains which made bread became important in the British diet. They brought white cattle, brown hare, chickens, guinea fowl, pheasants, and rabbits were probably introduced as farmyard animals. The fruit they introduced included apples (as opposed to crab apples), grapes, cherries, mulberries and pears. They also brought walnuts and sweet chestnuts.
The Romans stationed four legions in Britain: the Legio IX Hispana (which disappeared from the records in the 120s) and the Legio VI Victrix in York, the Legio XX Valeriana Victrix in Chester and the Legio II Augusta in Caerleon (Wales). They built Hadrian's Wall to protect the border in the north of England from the raids by the Picts of Scotland. It was 117 km (73 miles) long and went from coast to coast from Wallsend (just north of Newcastle) to the shore of the Solway Firth.
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The presumed historic Arthur would have flourished somewhere in the former Roman province of Britannia, that is in the area now occupied by England, Wales, and southern Scotland.
It it is likely that he was more connected with some part of this area than others, but early sources don't indicate, except for some slight suggestions connecting Arthur to Cornwall. But some scholars reject this. Indeed, some scholars connect Arthur mainly with southern Scotland, and Arthur's main city in the earliest Arthurian romances is Carduel, which is generally believed to represent Carlisle.
In many of the medieval romances, Arthur is principally King of Logres. The name represents Welsh Loegyr, a Welsh name of unknown origin but used in historical sources to mean approximately England.
King Arthur is pictured as holding court at various different places, some of them historic and some of them unknown. In the earliest romances the cities where he most commonly holds court are Carduel/Carlisle and Caerleon. In the later prose romances King Arthur most often holds court at an inland city called Camelot, which has not been definitively identified with any historical site. Sites sometimes considered are Colchester in Essex (Latin Camulodunum), Slack in Yorkshire (also Latin Camulodunum), Cadbury Castle in Somerset, Winchester, Westminster, and Camelon in Falkirk in central Scotland. Some have said that Cornish legend also claims that Tintagel Castle in Cornwall was being the site of Camelot. However, this identification is found in no extant medieval text. Indeed, the two places are quite distinct.
The seacost town of Tintagel being close to the town of Camelford and the River Camel does not help this claim. Camelot is always in inland city when its geography is described.
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The question does not state where St Davids is refereed to However, one that does stand out is;
In about the 6th century, David founded a monastery and church at Glyn Rhosyn (in english, Rose Vale) on the banks of the River Alun (said Alin). The area was originally known in the Welsh language as Mynyw(said as Mun ew)and to the Romans as Meneva or Menevia. The monastic brotherhood that David founded was very strict - besides praying and celebrating masses they would cultivate the land and carry out many crafts, this included beekeeping, in order to feed themselves and the many pilgrims and travellers who needed lodgings. They also fed and clothed the poor and needy from the area. The settlement that grew up around the monastery was called Tyddewi (said simply as tith ew ee) meaning "David's house". In 519 the archbishopric of Caerleon in the county of Monmouth was transferred to Mynyw, which was renamed "St Davids" in honour of the archbishop and saint by whom the transfer was accomplished.The original cathedral built on the site was often plundered by the Vikings and was finally burnt and destroyed in 1087. The present cathedral was built by the Normans and contained many relics, including the remains of St David. It was visited by many pilgrims, many of whom were nobles and kings, including William the Conqueror in 1077, Henry II in 1171, and Edward I and Queen Eleanor in 1284. Pope Calixtus II decreed that two pilgrimages to St David's were equivalent to one to Rome ("Roma semel quantum dat bis Menevia tantum"). Because of this, a vast income was raised from visiting pilgrims in the Middle Ages. Pilgrimages later fell out of favour due to practices such as the selling of indulgences, and the income from them faded away.
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There is no pope in the English Church even though it is a Catholic Communion! There is no sight of him in the Revelation of Christ, or in Scripture or Holy Tradition!
When Augustine head of the Roman Mission met the British Bishops they are alleged to have replied to him,
"be it known and declared that we all, individually and collectively, are in all humility prepared to defer to the Church of God and to the Bishop of Rome and every sincere and Godly Christian so far as to love everyone according to his degree, in perfect charity and to assist them all by word and deed in becoming the Children of God. But as for any other other obedience we know of none that he, whom you term the Pope or Bishop of Bishops can demand. The deference we have mentioned we are ready to pay to him as to every other Christian, but in all other respects our obedience is due to the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Caerleon , who alone under God, is our ruler to keep us right in the way of salvation".
[Spelman, Concilia,pp108/109.]
The above answer contains enough terms that someone who could legitimately ask a question like "who is the pope of England" would not understand that the following may be more useful:
The Church of England does not have a "Pope". The head of the church is officially the Archbishop of Canterbury, which office is currently (Sep 2010) filled by Rowan Williams.
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The presumed historic Arthur would have flourished somewhere in the former Roman province of Britannia, that is in the area now occupied by England, Wales, and southern Scotland.
It it is likely that he was more connected with some part of this area than others, but early sources don't indicate, except for some slight suggestions connecting Arthur to Cornwall. But some scholars reject this. Indeed, some scholars connect Arthur mainly with southern Scotland, and Arthur's main city in the earliest Arthurian romances is Carduel, which is generally believed to represent Carlisle.
In many of the medieval romances, Arthur is principally King of Logres. The name represents Welsh Loegyr, a Welsh name of unknown origin but used in historical sources to mean approximately England.
King Arthur is pictured as holding court at various different places, some of them historic and some of them unknown. In the earliest romances the cities where he most commonly holds court are Carduel/Carlisle and Caerleon. In the later prose romances King Arthur most often holds court at an inland city called Camelot, which has not been definitively identified with any historical site. Sites sometimes considered are Colchester in Essex (Latin Camulodunum), Slack in Yorkshire (also Latin Camulodunum), Cadbury Castle in Somerset, Winchester, Westminster, and Camelon in Falkirk in central Scotland. Some have said that Cornish legend also claims that Tintagel Castle in Cornwall was being the site of Camelot. However, this identification is found in no extant medieval text. Indeed, the two places are quite distinct.
The seacost town of Tintagel being close to the town of Camelford and the River Camel does not help this claim. Camelot is always in inland city when its geography is described.
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The sticky ends generated by restriction enzymes can easily be joined using an enzyme called ligase. Blunt ends however, cannot be joined so easily. This is why restiction enzymes that create sticky ends are more useful.
If blunt ends result, small segments called modifiers are attached to the sticky ends. These modifiers are nucleotide sequences that have sticky ends and attach to the blunt ends, thus making them sticky ends.
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Lancelot, when in infant, lived in the court of his father King Ban in the country of Benwick, in whatever city King Ban was dwelling in at a particular time. Benwick in the Prose Lancelot and later romances is approximately the Saumarois region of Anjou-Touraine.
During his childhood Lancelot lived in a valley over which an enchantment had been cast so that to outsiders it appeared to be a lake.
When he reached the age of 18, Lancelot went to Britain to be knighted by King Arthur at Camelot. For most of the period when Lancelot was one of Arthur's knights, his home was at King Arthur's court, which King Arthur held in many different cities: Camelot, Carlisle (Cardueil), Caerleon, London, and others. But Lancelot spent most of his time wandering Brtain seeking adventures and achieving quests. Lancelot had also won for himself the castle of Joyous Gard on the Humber River of which he was lord and he occasionally dwelt there.
When Queen Guenevere caught Lancelot lying with King Pelles' daughter, believing she was Guenevere, Guenevere banished Lancelot and Lancelot went mad. At last Lancelot stumbled into Corbenic and was healed by the Holy Grail and spent some years thereafter in a nearly island with King Pelles' daughter until he was found by Perceval and Hector and learned that Guenevere had forgiven him and very much wanted him to return to court.
When the love affair of Lancelot and Guenevere became openly known, Lancelot and his men took Guenevere to Joyous Gard and he remained there fighting a civil war with King Arthur. When the Church forced peace terms by which King Arthur was given back Guenevere, Lancelot and his men went to live in Benwick and Gaunes in Gaul, kingdoms which belonged to Lancelot and his kin by hereditary right.
Learning of Mordred's rebellion against Arthur, Lancelot and his men returned to Britain to aid Arthur, but on arriving they learned that Mordred had been slain and Arthur had vanished. Lancelot became a hermit and lived in a hermitage until he died.
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A....................
Aberaeron, Aberavon, Aberbargoed, Abercarn, Abercwmboi, Aberdare, Abergavenny, Abergele, Aberporth, Abertillery, Aberystwyth, Afonwen, Amlwch, Ammanford, Argoed
B....................
Bagillt, Bala, Bangor, Bargoed, Barmouth, Barry, Beaumaris, Bedwas, Benllech, Bethesda, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blaenavon, Blackwood, Blaina, Brecon, Bridgend, Briton Ferry, Brynamman, Brynmawr, Buckley, Builth Wells, Burry Port, Broughton
C....................
Caerleon, Caernarfon, Caerphilly, Caerwys, Caldicot, Cardiff, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Chepstow, Chirk, Cilgerran, Colwyn Bay, Connah's Quay, Conwy, Corwen, Cowbridge, Criccieth, Crickhowell, Crumlin, Cwmamman, Cwmbran
D....................
Denbigh, Dolgellau
E....................
Ebbw Vale, Ewloe
F....................
Ferndale, Ffestiniog, Fishguard, Flint
G....................
Gelligaer, Glynneath, Goodwick, Gorseinon, Gresford
H....................
Hakin, Harlech, Haverfordwest, Hay-on-Wye, Holt, Holyhead, Holywell, Hawarden
K....................
Kidwelly, Knighton
L....................
Llantwit Fardre Lampeter, Llangranog Laugharne, Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llandrindod Wells, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanddulas, Llandysul, Llanelli, Llanfair Caereinion, Llanfairfechan, Llanfyllin, Llangefni, Llangollen, Llanidloes, Llanrwst, Llantrisant, Llantwit Major, Llanwrtyd Wells, Llanybydder, Loughor, Llanishen
M....................
Machynlleth, Maesteg, Menai Bridge, Merthyr Tydfil, Milford Haven, Mold, Monmouth, Montgomery, Mountain Ash, Maesglas Miskin
N....................
Narberth, Neath, Nefyn, Newbridge, Newcastle Emlyn, Newport, Newport (Pembrokeshire), New Quay, Newtown, Neyland, Nelson
O....................
Old Colwyn, Old Radnor, Overton-on-Dee
P....................
Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Penarth, Pencoed, Penmaenmawr, Penrhyn Bay, Pontardawe, Pontarddulais, Pontyclun, Pontypool, Pontypridd, Port Talbot, Porth, Porthcawl, Porthmadog, Prestatyn, Presteigne, Pwllheli
Q....................
Queensferry
R....................
Rhayader, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Rhymney, Risca, Ruthin, Radyr
S....................
St Asaph, St Clears, St David's, Senghenydd, Saltney, Shotton, Swansea
T....................
Talgarth, Templeton, Tenby, Tonypandy, Tredegar, Tregaron, Treharris, Treorchy, Tywyn
U....................
Usk
W....................
Welshpool, Whitland, Wrexham
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Ystradgynlais, Ystrad Mynach, Ynysddu
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BARRIE J DAVIES: Born In Milford Haven Pembrokeshire Wales 10th of September 1977 The work of Barrie J Davies ranges from the use of various media playing with meanings, images, objects and texts to create possible new fictions and reality to reassess the world and space around us through the guise of language and displacement. Humour is the catalyst in which is manipulated to help guide the work to possible understandings. EDUCATION 2004 - University of Wales Institute Cardiff – MA Fine Art 2000 - Southampton Institute – BA Hons Fine Art (Time Based Media) 1997 - Carmarthen College of Art and Design – Foundation Course SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 – "THE BALLAD OF BARRIE J" G39, Cardiff, Wales 2005 – "MAY CONTAIN NUTS" Oriel I Bawb, Snowdon Mill, Porthmadog, Wales 2005 – "BARRIE J DAVIES IS AN ARTIST" Fold Gallery, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England 2004 – "BLOW MY MONKEY" The Red Box Gallery, Ninian Road, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "SERENDIPITY" The Circle Gallery, Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Wales 2001 – "23 RPM" Haverfordwest Library Gallery, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales 2000 –"CRIME SCENE" Project Milford, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1998 – "WORLDS MOST WANTED" Haverfordwest Community Centre, Pembrokeshire, Wales SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 – "WISH YOU WERE HERE!" Artshed, Ware, Herts, England 2005 – "MULTIPLEX 4" The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton, London, England 2005 – "SLICE 3" Chapter Art Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (curated by Alan Baynes and Andy Fung) 2005 – "MULTIPLEX 3" The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton, London, England 2005 – "SECRET" The Royal College of Art, London, England 2005 – "THE WELSH CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2005" Oriel I Bawb, Porthmadog, Wales, 2005 – "MOBILE" Arena Gallery, Liverpool, England 2005 – "SUPER 8 STATION 2" Station Art space, Bristol, England 2005 – “OBSESSION” GALERI X, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 – "STATES OF UNION ?" Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2004 – "THE POST CARD SHOW" The Surface Gallery, Nottingham, England 2004 – "SLICE 2" Tactile Bosch Artspace, Llandaff North, Cardiff, Wales 2004 – "FLIM – FLAM" G39, Mill lane, Cardiff, Wales (Curated by Anthony Shapland) 2004 – "PERFECTLY NORMAL" Tactile Bosch Artspace, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "SLICE" Jacobs Market Art Space, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "DRAWING, THE END OF THE LINE" Ecole Municipale de Dessin, Saint-lo, France 2003 – "CAERLEON ARTS FAIR" Artavia Gallery, Caerleon, Wales 2002 – "ART IN THE MARKET" Newport market Gallery, Newport, Wales 2002 – "SUMMER" Brooklyn Art Gallery, Cardiff Wales 2001 – "CHRISTMAS" InkSpot Arts and Crafts Centre Gallery, Cardiff, Wales 2000 – "ANONYMOUS" Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree show, Southampton, England 1998 – "ALCHEMY" St Mary’s Market, Southampton, England SOLO PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, HAPPENINGS AND PROJECTS 2005 – “ON THE PISS” A happening / event/ pub crawl starting at the Tut and Shive pub City Road Cardiff going to other pubs in Cardiff. Images of this event documented for Barrie J Davies Website. 27th may 2004 – "THE MUSEUM OF NOTHINGNESS" Mail Art project collecting objects that represent ‘nothing’, publicised in The Western Mail and AN magazine, Nov 2003 – “THE GREAT NATIONAL GIVE AWAY” a mail art project giving away free unframed abstract paintings to galleries and members of the public 2002 – "REJECTED: 2002 to Present" an on going collection project file of art gallery rejection letters. CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 2006 – "THE COUCH TRIP" curator and organiser of an exhibition of Video art in the lounge of a flat in Cardiff, Mar 2005 – “ALL WASHED UP!” curator and organiser of an exhibition of artwork in a Bathroom in Cardiff, Aug COMMISSIONS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCES 2005 – The Red Box Gallery Award for The Baddest Painting 2005 – Quench Magazine – cover image SELECTED CRITICAL REVIEWS, MEDIA AND PRESS COVERAGE 2005 – Cumberland & Westmorland Herald "Its all a matter of taste"6th Aug, p4 2005 – South Wales Echo, “Glass half empty for pub crawl record attempt” 28th may, p.3 2005 – Red Dragon FM “The Art Pub Crawl” 27th may 2005 – South Wales Echo, “Can this man organise a booze-up in a brewery?” 20th may, p.8 2005 – BBC Website “Live Art Pub Crawl” may 2005 – Quench Magazine “Artist or Knob Head?”, Vol 2 Issue 23, p.8 & p.9 2004 – The Western Mail "Hunt for something to prove nothing" 23rd Nov, p.14 2005 – "Obsession" Exhibition Catalogue CD ROM 2004 – MA fine Art Degree Show Catalogue, 2004 – S4C Television Documentary "Slay Maker" May 6th, 9.30pm 2003 – "Drawing, The end of the line" Exhibition Catalogue 2001 – Buzz Magazine - Feb 2000 – Milford Mercury Newspaper "01 Gallery For Milford?" 21st July p. 7 2000 – Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree Show Catalogue THE WORK OF THE ARTIST BARRIE J. DAVIES Once upon a time there was an conceptual artist born in ye old Pembrokeshire, Wales, called Barrie J Davies. Barrie J Davies is an artist who has anarchically explored the absurdity of contemporary life working in his paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, films, drawings, performance works, publications, badges, posters, signs, public interventions and written works. He has exhibited his old unframed abstract paintings on paper and sold them for one pound each. He organised an art pub crawl called "on the piss" designed as a focus for getting people together to talk about art while going out for a night around the pubs in Cardiff. Documentation of this event was posted on his website barriejdavies.com and for the people that came along they were each given a limited edition badge which said "on the piss with Barrie J Davies". He has made a 'liberating' video work of releasing yellow bath-time ducks on to a lake alongside real ducks and swans to explore the man-made world against the natural world. He has set up the world's first "Museum of Nothingness", a project designed to collect and preserve objects in a briefcase to which the public has donated to represent their idea of 'nothing' and 'nothingness'. He has made many word and text based drawings and paintings which explore the ideas of contemporary art and its limitations. He has put up temporary text based signs and posters around the city of Cardiff to explore the confusion that we face in moving around in our daily lives. They have been documented as photographs. He has sold some artworks on Ebay when he has been strapped for cash. He has organised an exhibition of art works by other artists in the bathroom of his flat, called "All Washed up!". He has exhibited his collection of rejection letters from galleries for a ongoing project called "Rejected". This file of letters runs from 2002 to the present day. Another one of his projects was to introduce the "Unlimited Print" which is an unlimited edition, ink on A4 paper print (2004), which is available to download free from his website barriejdavies.com as a word document.
The artwork of Barrie J Davies explores the funny and the stupid things of life that make us laugh or get in the way or just get on our nerves or even make us fall over; they are always completely off the wall.
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BARRIE J DAVIES: Born In Milford Haven Pembrokeshire Wales 10th of September 1977 The work of Barrie J Davies ranges from the use of various media playing with meanings, images, objects and texts to create possible new fictions and reality to reassess the world and space around us through the guise of language and displacement. Humour is the catalyst in which is manipulated to help guide the work to possible understandings. EDUCATION 2004 - University of Wales Institute Cardiff – MA Fine Art 2000 - Southampton Institute – BA Hons Fine Art (Time Based Media) 1997 - Carmarthen College of Art and Design – Foundation Course SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 – "THE BALLAD OF BARRIE J" G39, Cardiff, Wales 2005 – "MAY CONTAIN NUTS" Oriel I Bawb, Snowdon Mill, Porthmadog, Wales 2005 – "BARRIE J DAVIES IS AN ARTIST" Fold Gallery, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England 2004 – "BLOW MY MONKEY" The Red Box Gallery, Ninian Road, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "SERENDIPITY" The Circle Gallery, Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Wales 2001 – "23 RPM" Haverfordwest Library Gallery, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales 2000 –"CRIME SCENE" Project Milford, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1998 – "WORLDS MOST WANTED" Haverfordwest Community Centre, Pembrokeshire, Wales SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 – "WISH YOU WERE HERE!" Artshed, Ware, Herts, England 2005 – "MULTIPLEX 4" The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton, London, England 2005 – "SLICE 3" Chapter Art Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (curated by Alan Baynes and Andy Fung) 2005 – "MULTIPLEX 3" The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton, London, England 2005 – "SECRET" The Royal College of Art, London, England 2005 – "THE WELSH CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2005" Oriel I Bawb, Porthmadog, Wales, 2005 – "MOBILE" Arena Gallery, Liverpool, England 2005 – "SUPER 8 STATION 2" Station Art space, Bristol, England 2005 – “OBSESSION” GALERI X, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 – "STATES OF UNION ?" Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2004 – "THE POST CARD SHOW" The Surface Gallery, Nottingham, England 2004 – "SLICE 2" Tactile Bosch Artspace, Llandaff North, Cardiff, Wales 2004 – "FLIM – FLAM" G39, Mill lane, Cardiff, Wales (Curated by Anthony Shapland) 2004 – "PERFECTLY NORMAL" Tactile Bosch Artspace, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "SLICE" Jacobs Market Art Space, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "DRAWING, THE END OF THE LINE" Ecole Municipale de Dessin, Saint-lo, France 2003 – "CAERLEON ARTS FAIR" Artavia Gallery, Caerleon, Wales 2002 – "ART IN THE MARKET" Newport market Gallery, Newport, Wales 2002 – "SUMMER" Brooklyn Art Gallery, Cardiff Wales 2001 – "CHRISTMAS" InkSpot Arts and Crafts Centre Gallery, Cardiff, Wales 2000 – "ANONYMOUS" Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree show, Southampton, England 1998 – "ALCHEMY" St Mary’s Market, Southampton, England SOLO PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, HAPPENINGS AND PROJECTS 2005 – “ON THE PISS” A happening / event/ pub crawl starting at the Tut and Shive pub City Road Cardiff going to other pubs in Cardiff. Images of this event documented for Barrie J Davies Website. 27th may 2004 – "THE MUSEUM OF NOTHINGNESS" Mail Art project collecting objects that represent ‘nothing’, publicised in The Western Mail and AN magazine, Nov 2003 – “THE GREAT NATIONAL GIVE AWAY” a mail art project giving away free unframed abstract paintings to galleries and members of the public 2002 – "REJECTED: 2002 to Present" an on going collection project file of art gallery rejection letters. CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 2006 – "THE COUCH TRIP" curator and organiser of an exhibition of Video art in the lounge of a flat in Cardiff, Mar 2005 – “ALL WASHED UP!” curator and organiser of an exhibition of artwork in a Bathroom in Cardiff, Aug COMMISSIONS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCES 2005 – The Red Box Gallery Award for The Baddest Painting 2005 – Quench Magazine – cover image SELECTED CRITICAL REVIEWS, MEDIA AND PRESS COVERAGE 2005 – Cumberland & Westmorland Herald "Its all a matter of taste"6th Aug, p4 2005 – South Wales Echo, “Glass half empty for pub crawl record attempt” 28th may, p.3 2005 – Red Dragon FM “The Art Pub Crawl” 27th may 2005 – South Wales Echo, “Can this man organise a booze-up in a brewery?” 20th may, p.8 2005 – BBC Website “Live Art Pub Crawl” may 2005 – Quench Magazine “Artist or Knob Head?”, Vol 2 Issue 23, p.8 & p.9 2004 – The Western Mail "Hunt for something to prove nothing" 23rd Nov, p.14 2005 – "Obsession" Exhibition Catalogue CD ROM 2004 – MA fine Art Degree Show Catalogue, 2004 – S4C Television Documentary "Slay Maker" May 6th, 9.30pm 2003 – "Drawing, The end of the line" Exhibition Catalogue 2001 – Buzz Magazine - Feb 2000 – Milford Mercury Newspaper "01 Gallery For Milford?" 21st July p. 7 2000 – Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree Show Catalogue THE WORK OF THE ARTIST BARRIE J. DAVIES Once upon a time there was an conceptual artist born in ye old Pembrokeshire, Wales, called Barrie J Davies. Barrie J Davies is an artist who has anarchically explored the absurdity of contemporary life working in his paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, films, drawings, performance works, publications, badges, posters, signs, public interventions and written works. He has exhibited his old unframed abstract paintings on paper and sold them for one pound each. He organised an art pub crawl called "on the piss" designed as a focus for getting people together to talk about art while going out for a night around the pubs in Cardiff. Documentation of this event was posted on his website barriejdavies.com and for the people that came along they were each given a limited edition badge which said "on the piss with Barrie J Davies". He has made a 'liberating' video work of releasing yellow bath-time ducks on to a lake alongside real ducks and swans to explore the man-made world against the natural world. He has set up the world's first "Museum of Nothingness", a project designed to collect and preserve objects in a briefcase to which the public has donated to represent their idea of 'nothing' and 'nothingness'. He has made many word and text based drawings and paintings which explore the ideas of contemporary art and its limitations. He has put up temporary text based signs and posters around the city of Cardiff to explore the confusion that we face in moving around in our daily lives. They have been documented as photographs. He has sold some artworks on Ebay when he has been strapped for cash. He has organised an exhibition of art works by other artists in the bathroom of his flat, called "All Washed up!". He has exhibited his collection of rejection letters from galleries for a ongoing project called "Rejected". This file of letters runs from 2002 to the present day. Another one of his projects was to introduce the "Unlimited Print" which is an unlimited edition, ink on A4 paper print (2004), which is available to download free from his website barriejdavies.com as a word document.
The artwork of Barrie J Davies explores the funny and the stupid things of life that make us laugh or get in the way or just get on our nerves or even make us fall over; they are always completely off the wall.
1 answer
BARRIE J DAVIES: Born In Milford Haven Pembrokeshire Wales 10th of September 1977 The work of Barrie J Davies ranges from the use of various media playing with meanings, images, objects and texts to create possible new fictions and reality to reassess the world and space around us through the guise of language and displacement. Humour is the catalyst in which is manipulated to help guide the work to possible understandings. EDUCATION 2004 - University of Wales Institute Cardiff – MA Fine Art 2000 - Southampton Institute – BA Hons Fine Art (Time Based Media) 1997 - Carmarthen College of Art and Design – Foundation Course SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 – "THE BALLAD OF BARRIE J" G39, Cardiff, Wales 2005 – "MAY CONTAIN NUTS" Oriel I Bawb, Snowdon Mill, Porthmadog, Wales 2005 – "BARRIE J DAVIES IS AN ARTIST" Fold Gallery, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England 2004 – "BLOW MY MONKEY" The Red Box Gallery, Ninian Road, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "SERENDIPITY" The Circle Gallery, Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Wales 2001 – "23 RPM" Haverfordwest Library Gallery, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales 2000 –"CRIME SCENE" Project Milford, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1998 – "WORLDS MOST WANTED" Haverfordwest Community Centre, Pembrokeshire, Wales SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 – "WISH YOU WERE HERE!" Artshed, Ware, Herts, England 2005 – "MULTIPLEX 4" The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton, London, England 2005 – "SLICE 3" Chapter Art Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (curated by Alan Baynes and Andy Fung) 2005 – "MULTIPLEX 3" The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton, London, England 2005 – "SECRET" The Royal College of Art, London, England 2005 – "THE WELSH CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2005" Oriel I Bawb, Porthmadog, Wales, 2005 – "MOBILE" Arena Gallery, Liverpool, England 2005 – "SUPER 8 STATION 2" Station Art space, Bristol, England 2005 – “OBSESSION” GALERI X, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 – "STATES OF UNION ?" Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2004 – "THE POST CARD SHOW" The Surface Gallery, Nottingham, England 2004 – "SLICE 2" Tactile Bosch Artspace, Llandaff North, Cardiff, Wales 2004 – "FLIM – FLAM" G39, Mill lane, Cardiff, Wales (Curated by Anthony Shapland) 2004 – "PERFECTLY NORMAL" Tactile Bosch Artspace, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "SLICE" Jacobs Market Art Space, Cardiff, Wales 2003 – "DRAWING, THE END OF THE LINE" Ecole Municipale de Dessin, Saint-lo, France 2003 – "CAERLEON ARTS FAIR" Artavia Gallery, Caerleon, Wales 2002 – "ART IN THE MARKET" Newport market Gallery, Newport, Wales 2002 – "SUMMER" Brooklyn Art Gallery, Cardiff Wales 2001 – "Christmas" InkSpot Arts and Crafts Centre Gallery, Cardiff, Wales 2000 – "ANONYMOUS" Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree show, Southampton, England 1998 – "ALCHEMY" St Mary’s Market, Southampton, England SOLO PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, HAPPENINGS AND PROJECTS 2005 – “ON THE PISS” A happening / event/ pub crawl starting at the Tut and Shive pub City Road Cardiff going to other pubs in Cardiff. Images of this event documented for Barrie J Davies Website. 27th may 2004 – "THE MUSEUM OF NOTHINGNESS" Mail Art project collecting objects that represent ‘nothing’, publicised in The Western Mail and AN magazine, Nov 2003 – “THE GREAT NATIONAL GIVE AWAY” a mail art project giving away free unframed abstract paintings to galleries and members of the public 2002 – "REJECTED: 2002 to Present" an on going collection project file of art gallery rejection letters. CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 2006 – "THE COUCH TRIP" curator and organiser of an exhibition of Video art in the lounge of a flat in Cardiff, Mar 2005 – “ALL WASHED UP!” curator and organiser of an exhibition of artwork in a Bathroom in Cardiff, Aug COMMISSIONS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCES 2005 – The Red Box Gallery Award for The Baddest Painting 2005 – Quench Magazine – cover image SELECTED CRITICAL REVIEWS, MEDIA AND PRESS COVERAGE 2005 – Cumberland & Westmorland Herald "Its all a matter of taste"6th Aug, p4 2005 – South Wales Echo, “Glass half empty for pub crawl record attempt” 28th may, p.3 2005 – Red Dragon FM “The Art Pub Crawl” 27th may 2005 – South Wales Echo, “Can this man organise a booze-up in a brewery?” 20th may, p.8 2005 – BBC Website “Live Art Pub Crawl” may 2005 – Quench Magazine “Artist or Knob Head?”, Vol 2 Issue 23, p.8 & p.9 2004 – The Western Mail "Hunt for something to prove nothing" 23rd Nov, p.14 2005 – "Obsession" Exhibition Catalogue CD ROM 2004 – MA fine Art Degree Show Catalogue, 2004 – S4C Television Documentary "Slay Maker" May 6th, 9.30pm 2003 – "Drawing, The end of the line" Exhibition Catalogue 2001 – Buzz Magazine - Feb 2000 – Milford Mercury Newspaper "01 Gallery For Milford?" 21st July p. 7 2000 – Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree Show Catalogue THE WORK OF THE ARTIST BARRIE J. DAVIES Once upon a time there was an conceptual artist born in ye old Pembrokeshire, Wales, called Barrie J Davies. Barrie J Davies is an artist who has anarchically explored the absurdity of contemporary life working in his paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, films, drawings, performance works, publications, badges, posters, signs, public interventions and written works. He has exhibited his old unframed abstract paintings on paper and sold them for one pound each. He organised an art pub crawl called "on the piss" designed as a focus for getting people together to talk about art while going out for a night around the pubs in Cardiff. Documentation of this event was posted on his website barriejdavies.com and for the people that came along they were each given a limited edition badge which said "on the piss with Barrie J Davies". He has made a 'liberating' video work of releasing yellow bath-time ducks on to a lake alongside real ducks and swans to explore the man-made world against the natural world. He has set up the world's first "Museum of Nothingness", a project designed to collect and preserve objects in a briefcase to which the public has donated to represent their idea of 'nothing' and 'nothingness'. He has made many word and text based drawings and paintings which explore the ideas of contemporary art and its limitations. He has put up temporary text based signs and posters around the city of Cardiff to explore the confusion that we face in moving around in our daily lives. They have been documented as photographs. He has sold some artworks on Ebay when he has been strapped for cash. He has organised an exhibition of art works by other artists in the bathroom of his flat, called "All Washed up!". He has exhibited his collection of rejection letters from galleries for a ongoing project called "Rejected". This file of letters runs from 2002 to the present day. Another one of his projects was to introduce the "Unlimited Print" which is an unlimited edition, ink on A4 paper print (2004), which is available to download free from his website barriejdavies.com as a word document.
The artwork of Barrie J Davies explores the funny and the stupid things of life that make us laugh or get in the way or just get on our nerves or even make us fall over; they are always completely off the wall.
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