THE largest collection of prints by a world renowned artist will be exhibited in South Wales.

The exhibition is by Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996), who was born in Brooklyn, and was a G.I. in World War II, before he married a Welsh woman and settled in Porthcawl.

This exhibition, which will be on display at the Gallery in Green & Jenks, Monmouth, focuses on Haiku, the poems of Walt Whitman, and a series of prints created to promote the Brecon Jazz Festival in the 1990s.

Featuring Piech’s jazz heroes, these prints also comment on apartheid and slavery, highlighting the roots of the musical genre and its development throughout the twentieth century.

His work is held in print collections around the world, including a major collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London.

Mr Piech said: “I don’t want to sit around and be silent. I want to stimulate interest in and concern for humanity.”

The exhibition was organised by Vicky Penn, of Five-Ways Art, in collaboration with Gilly Pollock, owner of the award-winning independent café in Monmouth, Green & Jenks, who have held similar exhibitions in the first floor Gallery.

There will be a launch event on November 8, with the exhibition open to the public from November 9 until November 18.

The café is open between 9.30am and 5pm from Mondays to Saturdays, and between 10.30am and 4pm on Sundays.

Private viewings can be arranged outside of the normal café opening hours.

Green & Jenks is on 11 Agincourt Square, in Monmouth. If you need to get in touch, phone: 01600 711 657.

To find out more about the artist, visit: www.waterhousedodd.com/paul-peter-piech