A variety of beautiful work occupies Level 6, the home of the architecture department. Like previous years, the architecture students have come together to display the very best of their work, exhibiting to visitors that Dundee is the place to watch for up and coming young architects. Ranging from fresh, vibrant hand drawings by first Read More
Illustration is a strange discipline, considered by many to be the awkward spawn of Fine Art and Graphic Design, and almost impossible to define. The annual DJCAD degree show provides the perfect opportunity to throw open the doors of the seldom-visited basement, showcase our “emerging talent” and attempt to answer that burning question: what is Read More
This year’s Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practices exhibition showcase some great talents; all have produced a variety of artworks with deep, thought-provoking themes, this review offers a quick journey through the displays to give you a taste of the work. Craig Black has used the sense of touch, associated with his disability, into a body Read More
As the promotional posters rightly proclaim, this year’s Degree Show boasts a whole host of emerging talent. Up on the top floor of the Crawford building, the brightly lit studios with pristine white walls are home to the work of this year’s Graphic design graduates. Whilst the work is perhaps not as flamboyant or vibrant Read More
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Degree Show debuts vibrant and thoughtful new works from its graduating fourth-year Textile Design students. An awareness of context appears to be driving their innovation, in a range of new takes on contemporary and traditional textile design. Alongside core fabrics and paper designs, the conceptual backbones behind Read More
For the second year running the Jewellery and Metal Design Degree Show takes place in the department’s spacious and luminous south-facing studio. Entering like a kid in a sweet shop, everything captivates, this being after all the outcome of three years of intensive learning and discovery. This year’s exhibition, in general, shows a great strength Read More
Traversing the checkered corridor of the Crawford building feels like stepping onto the chessboard in Alice in Wonderland. You will encounter a dazzling play of light and shadows alongside moments of wonder, considered tenderness, magic imbued with striking symbolism. Linda Bolsakova’s exhibition registers on your body first; the climate of the room is cooled by Read More
The Fine Art course at Duncan of Jordanstone allows its artists creative freedom and the opportunity to work in an array of different mediums. Never is this more evident than in the annual Degree Show, where experimentation is on display and pushed to the limit. Upon entering an almost pitch-black studio near the stairwell on Read More
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