This site uses cookies to improve your experience. View our Cookie Policy
Preferences

Cookie Preferences

Essential

These cookies are absolutely essential for our website to function properly.

 

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs.

 

Cookies that help with communications and marketing

These cookies may be set by third party websites and do things like measure how you view YouTube videos.

 
 
View our Cookie Policy
×

Image filter options
This is a new website and is still being developed.
Artworks Themes
Projects & Exhibitions Cynfas Articles Learn
About Us Contact Us
Cy
Artworks Themes Projects & Exhibitions Cynfas Articles Learn About Us Contact Us
Previous Artwork Next Artwork

North Wales

OFILI, Chris
North Wales
Image: © Chris Ofili/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
  Zoom / More Images (3)

These works are part of a series where Ofili produced ten etchings in response to a location. North Wales followed Barcelona, Berlin and New York. The etchings are the artist’s way of getting to know North Wales. The imagery obliquely references the chosen site. In using art to understand his surroundings, Ofili prompts us to question what constitutes the landscape genre.

Label written by Chloe Jones of the Demystifying Acquisitions group


We have a duty of care to all our audiences. This website draws on legacy collections data. We recognise that some of this information may be outdated or discriminatory and we're currently working to review our records. If you have any questions or comments on an artwork, please contact us.

Copyright statement provided by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 25043

Creation/Production

OFILI, Chris
Role: Artist
Place: North Wales
Period: 1996

Measurements

h(cm) paper size:38
w(cm) paper size:28.5

Material

Ink
Paper

Location

In store
More

Tags


  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Cynefin
  • Fine Art
  • Fine Art
  • Fine Art Loan
  • Works On Paper

Share


More like this


Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Vanessa Redgrave and Tariq Ali lead Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Scraps - series of sketches of heads and figures
CRUIKSHANK, George
PARRY, John Orlando
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
On the River Usk
HOARE, Peter Richard
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Young girl in a dress
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Young girl
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Study of a woman seated
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Young girl with long hair
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Study of a seated young girl
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Study of a woman seated
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Study of a seated woman
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Young girl with long hair
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Study of a young woman
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Girl's head and shoulders
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
The Wye
AMES, Jeremiah
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Vanessa Redgrave and Tariq Ali lead Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Landscape with bonfire
KOKOSCHKA, Oskar
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Study III - The Swimming Pool
ADAMS, Mac
© Mac Adams/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Kidwelly Castle, South Wales
BOURNE, James
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Rhudland Castle
BATTY, Robert (Lieutenant-Colonel)
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Fallen Trees
SCOTT, William
© William Scott/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

  • Artworks
  • Themes
  • Projects & Exhibitions
  • Cynfas Articles
  • Learn

The Website

  • About Us
  • Accessibility
  • FAQ
  • Copyright
  • Cookies Policy

Connect with us

  • Contact Us
  • Instagram @celfarycyd
× ❮ ❯