SIR Gawain and the Green Knight continues at MOMA Machynlleth.

Artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Daniel Bugg of the Penfold Press have worked together over the past three years to create a series of 14 screenprints inspired by the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the vivid modern translation of it by Simon Armitage, published in 2007.

The prints trace the story of the mysterious and terrifying Green Knight and the quest of the inexperienced hero, Gawain, who takes on the challenge that the Green Knight puts to King Arthur.

James Russell says in the catalogue: “Each print is a work of art in its own right, rather than an illustration, and the whole set represents a sort of coda to the poem, an echo across the ages.”

Since completion of the prints, it has been announced that they will be included in the new edition of Simon Armitage’s acclaimed translation of the poem.

The prints are displayed alongside preparatory sketches, maquettes and painted studies, together with examples of the films that the artist renders in pencils, crayons, paints and inks.

Each film is used to make a separate screen to print one ink colour, usually more than five and up to 10 to make a final image.

Experimentation continues during the proofing stage. The prints are then editioned by hand.

The exhibition continues until 23 June.

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