Josef Herman a Polish Artist in Wales

Display

Display is important. Presenting the work well is a sign of valuing the experience, the effort made and the outcome.

For this project, Hermans work was mounted onto black card and in some instances, work was window mounted using artists quality mount board. Hermans work in black and white and in colour consists of simple, strong and sometimes powerful images. This work, we felt would be best represented by a simple, unclutered "clean" display, allowing the work itself to have the visual prefference when displayed.

As an outcome of the project and to take the project to a wider audience, an exhibition was held at the Mission Gallery, Swansea. The exhibition was officially opened by Hywel Francis MP. A programme of events were held to allow children, parents and teachers to visit the gallery and view the work. The writer and historian Peter Wakelin, presented an evening public talk, Josef Herman emigre artist and his contemporaries and a primary education, arts coordinators evening was held to present the merits of the project to a professional audience

Resources

It is sometimes a problem to find information and source images suitable for use within the primary school, when studying art in the locality (Curriculum Cymreig).

Artists can be contacted directly and many are willing to help with images, to give information and many are able and willing to work with children and teachers.

More publications are becoming available in Wales looking at Welsh and Wales based artists.

Sometimes a visit to the local art gallery will prove worthwhile in providing enough information to be used as a resource for education.

Publications have been used as resources during this project that are no longer in print, but will still be found in remaindered book shops or found on the Internet.

Publications:

Notes from a Welsh Diary by Josef Herman. Published by Free Association Books.
ISBN 185343 045 5 Hard Back
ISBN 185343 046 3 Paper Back

Miniature African Sculpture from the Herman Collection
Introduction by David Attenborough
Published by Arts Council of Great Britain
ISBN 07287 0454 4

Josef Herman Related Twilights, Notes from an Artist's Diary.
Seren Press, Wales.
www.seren - books.com
ISBN 1 85411 312 7


Josef Herman in Wales Art Pack
Pont Books
Gomer Press
www.gomer.co.uk
ISBN 1 84323 023 2

Josef Herman in Wales
Pont Books
Gomer Press
www.gomer.co.uk
ISBN 1 85902 999 X

Galleries in Wales:
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery,
Alexandra Road,
Swansea.

National Museum of Wales,
Museum Place,
Cardiff.