Pauline Le Brotton at oriel queens hall gallery, narberth

An imaginative exhibition that includes a beautifully crafted full size carousel with paper maché figures and old fair horses, copper mirrors reflecting distorted versions of the viewer and the spinning carousel, paintings based on fairground decorations and a video of family photographs, fair rides and childhood memories encased in an exquisite “peep show” etched copper booth.

"Songs of my father’s singing on his homemade tapes are one of the echoes of childhood that are represented in “COUNTRY HITS” a new body of work made for the Queens Hall Gallery.

Childhood memories and ghosts from the past, lost innocence, nostalgia and a feeling of trying to slow down are all themes represented in this collection of objects that all relate to each other. A set of objects associated with contemplative play, domesticity and childhood that could be on a miniature scale has been scaled up. Inspiration from the fair, looking at peepshows, the presence of a jewellery box and various themes give the work a surreal dream like quality with hidden meanings. The mirrors and their distorted images offer new interpretations. These are private places that all of us can identify with, and which the viewer plays a part in by the very presence of their own reflection.”

Pauline is a mixed media artist living and working in Pembrokeshire. She has a BA in Sculpture from Norwich School of Art and an MA from the Royal College of Art.
The exhibition is open 10am-5pm daily.