Monday 24th June 2013, 7pm-9pm, Riverfront, Newport

Shine

Exploring the Power and influence of Romani Visual Culture

The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is delighted to invite you to a private viewing and launch of ‘Shine’. This is an exhibition of newly commissioned artworks by the Romani artist Daniel Baker which examines the aesthetic power and wider influence of Romani visuality across the boundaries of culture and language.

Gypsies, Roma and Travellers have developed a keen visual sensibility in response to their collective experience of life on the margins of society. The complex vocabulary embedded within everyday Romani artefacts, home décor and textiles continues to play an important role in the lives of these communities and their interactions with the wider world. 

The Shine project calls for renewed recognition of the value of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities and their potential to influence wider social and cultural innovation. This project is supported by Arts Council of Wales and is commissioned by the Romani Cultural and Arts Company with the assistance of the Riverfront.

We do hope that you can join us for this unique opportunity to attend the private viewing and to meet and talk with an internationally known and reputed Romani artist. Please email me on: isaacblake@romaniarts.co.uk to inform me of your desire to attend on 24th June in Newport.