The 2016 DJCAD Undergraduate Degree Show will be displaying, amongst others, pieces by the Time Based Art and Digital Film soon-to-be graduates. This review will be looking at the works of three artists in that course. James McMaster’s work focuses on wildlife, more specifically the way animals are observed and portrayed in culture. The first Read More
The quality of printmaking in this year’s Degree Show is superb. Students’ work showcase a multitude of approaches to this art form, with many of the exhibitions containing printed elements in some form such as posters, zines and artists’ books. There are works which incorporate printmaking into sculptural assemblages. In Anna Wallace Reid’s installation on Read More
When Degree Show time of year rolls around, a peculiar mix of emotions seem to linger within the walls of University art buildings. The sense of release is almost palpable; an enormous bubble of built-up tension and stress over the last few months having finally burst, leaving the products of true inspiration, hard graft, creative Read More
Tucked away in a corner of the Matthew building, the Final Year sculpture was worth the long walk from the main entrance. Behind unassuming doors, imposing pieces lie silently waiting to be discovered. All of the above pieces of work share common themes: they are all monochrome; they all make us think about life and Read More
Sheri Benning’s first full poetry collection consists of previous publications with several new pieces. Her new title, The Season’s Vagrant Light, is a beautiful and sensuous collection, addressing interpersonal relationships, place and memory and showcases Benning’s growth as a poet. Benning’s ability to conjure vivid and beautiful images from the seemingly ordinary or mundane infuses Read More
In the endnotes of New York Drawings, Adrian Tomine asserts that he is a cartoonist, “not just an illustrator.” However, it is precisely that tension between those two artistic identities that define Tomine’s work. Indeed, his two most recent publications, New York Drawings and Killing and Dying, emphasise his versatility, demonstrating that, in spite of Read More
“Sit anywhere you want, but try stick to the front to keep the intimate feel,” were the words said to me as I collected my tickets. I thought nothing too much of it – not expecting anything out of the ordinary. Instead, in true Rep fashion, I was greeted by an absolutely beautiful stage. A Read More
Those April Fevers is the perfect fit for anyone looking for a collection of diverse poems that is far from conventional poetry associated with continuous meter and schematic rhymes. Mary O’Donnell produces exquisite, elegant and colourful poems, open to any field or subject. This expansiveness is also represented in her approach to genres: not only Read More
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: Time is on the wing but he doesn’t seem to like it as he paces up and down the aisle worried about flying perhaps or deep thrombosis until a stewardess makes him take his seat again. My Read More
Ron Silliman is an American poet with a distinctive voice and an extensive publishing history in poetry. Taken as a whole, however, his is a relatively meagre canon; he views his work as essentially consisting of several long poems spread over a large number of collections stemming back to the 1970s but which should be Read More