{"product_id":"practices-of-resistance-foret-de-meudon","title":"Arferion Gwrthsefyll, Forêt de Meudon \/ Practices of Resistance, Forêt de Meudon","description":"\u003cp\u003eSiarcol, graffit, gouache ar bapur \/ Charcoal, graphite, gouache on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70 x 50cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eMae Coedwig Meudon yn goetir hynafol ar gyrion Paris lle'r oedd yr artist Cymreig, y diweddar Gwen John (1876-1939) yn cerdded yn rheolaidd gerllaw ei chartref. Yn aml, wedi'i ysgogi i chwilio am ei chathod coll a fyddai'n dianc i gefn gwlad, roedd y goedwig yn gweithredu fel lle hollbwysig i John, gan groesi \"ffiniau mewnol\/tu allan\". Yn ei llythyrau mae hi'n ysgrifennu am bŵer y goedwig i achosi cyflyrau o ofn a chytgord ysbrydol, yn gyfartal, gan ddisgrifio digwyddiadau o aflonyddu yn ogystal â'i chael yn lle \"mor felys a thawel\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eMae'r gwaith yn adlewyrchu ffiniau niwlog y goedwig, ei thiriogaeth sy'n symud ac yn lleihau o ganlyniad ehangu Paris a naratifau newidiol John ei hun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eMae siarcol o goeden ffawydd cwympedig Plas Glyn-y-Weddw yn dod yn ddeunydd sy'n cofnodi ei myfyrdodau mwyaf grymus fel merch wyllt y goedwig lle mae hi'n dod yn fwy grymus ac efallai'n fwyaf ffyddlon iddi hi ei hun. Fodd bynnag, mae natur frau, fregus siarcol yn awgrymu anwadalrwydd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\/\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eMeudon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e Forest, is an ancient woodland on the outskirts of Paris that the late Welsh artist Gwen John (1876-1939) regularly walked in close to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003ewhere \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eshe lived. Often motivated by tracing her lost cats who would escape into the countryside, the forest acted as a critical space for John, transgressing “inside\/outside boundaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e In her letters she writes of its power to induce states of both fear and spiritual harmony, in equal measure, describing incidents of harassment as well as finding it to be a space “so sweet and calm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW187004679 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eThe work reflects the nebulous boundaries of the forest, its shifting, diminishing territory under the expansion of Paris and John’s own shifting narratives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW187004679 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eCharcoal from the fallen beech tree of Plas Glyn-y-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eWeddw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e becomes a material that records her most potent self-reflections as a wild (savage) girl of the forest where she becomes empowered and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003eperhaps most\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187004679 BCX0\"\u003e true to herself. The brittle, fragile nature of charcoal, however, suggests a volatility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW187004679 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481869689219,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3858\/3084\/files\/AnnaFalcini_PracticesofResistance_ForetdeMeudon_1.jpg?v=1772460917","url":"https:\/\/oriel-plas-glyn-y-weddw.myshopify.com\/products\/practices-of-resistance-foret-de-meudon","provider":"Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw","version":"1.0","type":"link"}