Coathanger

The exhibition, Coathanger, is co-created with fellow artist Alan Osborne – the playwright behind the Merthyr Trilogy and oratorio This is the Day.

Cardiff painter saved by his art exhibits Hannah Waldram 2010

Davies tells me the pair chose the name 'Coathanger' because they wanted to represent the range of styles in their work and needed a generic name to 'hang' them up on.

Cardiff painter saved by his art exhibits Hannah Waldram 2010

Davies tells me the pair chose the name 'Coathanger' because they wanted to represent the range of styles in their work and needed a generic name to 'hang' them up on.

The Guardian World News 2010

Coathanger will run from 8 November to 10 December 2010 at Llanover Hall Arts Centre.

Cardiff painter saved by his art exhibits Hannah Waldram 2010

Coathanger will showcase work from Richard Davies, 63, at Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Canton – a venue chosen for its community feel and the place where Davies rediscovered his passion.

Cardiff painter saved by his art exhibits Hannah Waldram 2010

Also in Vulpecula is the Coathanger or Brocchi's Cluster whose binocular-brightness stars are arranged in the form of an inverted coathanger.

Starwatch: The summer triangle 2011

This Coathanger Gorilla (and other works, viewable via the link below) was made from welded-together coathangers over a plastic base.

Boing Boing 2008

Of course, the more the entourage prodded and poked at him, the more Coathanger would feign indifference to the celebrity, right up until the point where the entourage began to get violent towards him.

Archive 2009-03-01 David Hadley 2009

Sopwith Coathanger became interested in extreme dangerous sports at quite a young age.

Extreme Sports David Hadley 2009

Sopwith Coathanger became interested in extreme dangerous sports at quite a young age.

Archive 2009-03-01 David Hadley 2009