The SPAF Collective’s exhibition at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery opened this month - showcasing powerful textile works and retellings of Welsh Radical History.

SPAF Collective is a Cardiff based Queer Welsh arts collective comprising of Reg Arthur (Hunk Williams), Kazimir Redraven (Khazi), Aneurin Hogarth (Ghoulstuff), and Tom Campbell (Tom), who make badges, zines, stickers, and prints collaboratively.

Having met at Cardiff School of Art and Design in 2018, the Collective bonded over a shared interest in absurdity, print, queer identity and pop culture - and believe that everyone should have access to art - which is as ‘essential to a fulfilling life as bread!’

“When we met, we bonded over a shared interest in political art, the absurd, print, anarchist zines, queer identity, folk history and pop culture. The work we make together exists in the crossroads between absurdism and genuine human compassion,” the Collective explained.

“Individually, we adopt varied approaches to making work and so essentially – we are up for anything.

“Using printed matter and visual media, we aim to explore, critique and deconstruct cultural traditions and identity through the philosophical lens of absurdism. Capturing the ethos of the eternal carnival of life is paramount to our practice.

“We have a commitment to accessibility and community; adopting a DIY approach to making and producing art in the hopes of bypassing beaurocracy and making our work as accessible as possible.

“We aim to preserve and document outdated, obscure and unofficial folk history with a focus on authenticity and collaboration - both within our collective and wider communities,” they added.

“An impressive amount of labour and collaboration went into the creation of these textile pieces and artworks which tell of defining moments in Wales’s past and present,” said a spokesperson for Tenby Museum.

The exhibition runs until June 19.

For futher information, head to: https://tenbymuseum.org.uk