Duncan of Jordanstone’s MSc Animation & VFX course has a reputation for producing artists of exceptional skill and talent, and, after a team of graduates scored themselves a BAFTA last year, expectations for the course’s output are high. Occupying the Animation corridor in the art college’s Crawford Building, the MSc Animation and VFX display is Read More
Divided between DCA’s two gallery spaces, CD-ROMS and Small Wars offer two distinctly different yet complementary viewpoints on the role of video games in contemporary culture. Co-curated with Dr. William Huber of Abertay University’s Centre for Excellence in Game Education, the exhibition participates in the championing of games not just as artefacts of popular culture, Read More
During her time as a student of Fine Art Printmaking at the Royal College of Art in London (graduating in 2007), Gemma Anderson developed a unique and intimate working relationship with the curators of scientific collections at the Natural History Museum, University College London and Kew Gardens. The extensive access she was granted to a Read More
Though not set out chronologically, some works hung on the wall and some lying in glass cabinets, this exhibition takes us on a gently meandering journey through Dundee University’s archives, showing us how the approach to landscape painting has changed over 200 years. The earliest work on show, William Sawrey Gilpin’s The Quay at Ipswich Read More
The son of a butcher and a jute weaver, John Duncan is one of Dundee’s most internationally renowned artists. He was born in the Hilltown area of Dundee in 1866 and this exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of his birth. A meeting with Patrick Geddes, Professor in botany at Dundee University College (1889-1891), became the Read More
A group of artists from the MFA Fine Arts and Humanities at the University of Dundee spent a week on the Greek island of Aegina. They paired up with local artists, found common ground, formed relationships and collaborated. The result is a fascinating blend of shared minds, memories and culture, inspired by the buildings, landscape Read More
Copying Errors by Glasgow-based artist Duncan Marquiss is the latest solo exhibition to take over the main galleries at DCA. Marquiss is a former Fine Art Printmaking student of DJCAD, who graduated in 2001 and went on to complete his MFA at Glasgow School of Art in 2005. The title of the show, which comprises Read More
The Animation section of the DJCAD degree show never fails to impress. There’s a palpable excitement as you pass through the Cooper Gallery and lower corridor; the various posters displaying background art and character sketches track the development from rough sketches to the sleek final product. This year’s work continues to raise the bar with Read More
Every single year at the DJCAD Degree Show, some of the most thoughtful and inclusive works come from the Digital Interaction and Production Design course. Upon leaving the lifts and entering into the design hub of Level 5, a comforting hum of electricity radiates from the rooms to the right. In other disciplines, personal issues Read More
This year’s selection of work from the Time Based Art and Digital Film faculties is slightly more fragmented than previous years. The pieces are spread throughout DJCAD, sharing many areas with Fine Art works. Rather than diluting their impact, however, this allows the pieces to be shown alongside other pieces that match their aesthetic or Read More