Mystery Artwork In Former Burton Store Explained

Those walking through the town centre over the past few days may have noticed activity taking place in the former Burton store on Hope Street.

The windows of the former Burton / Dorothy Perkins store have been taken over by political artwork, including posters and sculptures.

Along with displaying art work the exterior has had a bit of a tidy up, with the windows of the building having all posters taken off them and a general tidy up.

The artwork currently on display at the former store has previously been featured in Galeri 3B (the former Laura Ashley store) on Priory Street as part of the Kinesis exhibition.

The art in this exhibition is politically conscious, and focuses on issues currently under the media spotlight, and also brings to light some of the injustices that have been committed by ruling powers, that have not been publicised at all. This is a chance to see art by some truly talented emerging artists, that engages with important political issues from the point of view of four young people who want to use their art to change things for the better.

Work on display has been created by Markrobla (who some may remember from the ‘man in bin’ sculpture last year), Yi-Shiang Yang, Pin-Chieh Tseng and Lewys Jones.

Over the past few days we have had people get in touch regarding the work on display, with some questioning what was going on. We have also been told that others have stopped and queried what was going on.

When we popped down to the former Burton store earlier on to take pictures we also spotted a fair few people stopping to have a nose at some of artwork on display.

However some people have seemed less keen on the idea, with one Wrexham.com reader getting in touch to say ‘Children are seeing these men, sort it out.”

Dave Gray from THIS Project said: “The pieces in the window are the work of two of Wrexham’s most talented young artists, working with two emerging artists from Taiwan. Although the subject matter is serious, the images are not intended to be scary, but accessible to everyone.

“The work has been displayed at Galeri 3B on Priory Street for six weeks, and we had hundreds of visitors including many young families over the time. To be honest this is the first comment we have had about the images being scary for children, but given the long time period the work has been out there we felt it was suitable for all members of the public.”

The artwork is currently on display in the windows of the former Burton – we recommend you pop down and have a nose at the work!