What is the role of painting in contemporary art practice? Where can it be situated within art discourse, and what is its value? Hold, Sway, the current exhibition at Generator Projects, brings together five artists in an attempt to address these questions. The show posits a transitional, mediate space between the flat plane of two-dimensional Read More
Split over the Bellfield Street venue’s spacious central hangar and a smaller alcove branching off near the entrance, this review commences as though one were walking into the latter space. Against the far wall, a projector loops Neil Scott’s self-explanatory series of short clips Nine Time-lapses from Hadrian’s Wall, each covering several hours in around five Read More
Duke’s Corner, luminary live music venue and purveyor of gourmet hot dogs and craft beers, has been expanding its cultural reach in recent months. This event, held on the second Sunday of each month at this bar on the junction of Brown Street and Blackness Road, sees artists from across Dundee and the surrounding Read More
The range of sculptural work on display at this year’s degree show is really exciting. Duncan of Jordanstone has, for the past few years, been a place where material tactility and critical thinking have blended to create some truly inspiring works, a place that challenges disciplinary conventions. At the beginning of your tenure in fine Read More
In an attempt to cover the impressive and wide variety served up to us at the glorious DJCAD 2015 Degree Show art buffet, examining Drawing and Painting as a section is in itself a purposely ambiguous task. Much as drawing does not necessarily consist of meticulously rendered pencil sketches on paper, some of the paintings Read More
The Animation department out-does itself this year. With work on display at the DJCAD Degree Show spread out over the lower half of the Cooper Gallery, the floor above and, most importantly, the Crawford Boardroom where the students’ final works play for the public to view, the department has this year allowed for more space Read More
Spread throughout the labyrinthine DJCAD buildings, printmaking is a quiet yet impressively employed practice in the ‘Fine Art’ degree show. From Abi Baikie’s layers of printed abstractions and painted figures to Guy Titterington’s screen printed palettes, almost all of the works manage print with poise. Down at the far end of the level five Fine Read More
Encountering the wonderful range of work at this year’s Interior Environmental Design show, I was astonished at the level of research put into each project. Social and environmental responsibilities are a vital part of each project as students interact with focus groups, seek out desolate areas to revitalise, and build countless models in search of Read More
“With tremendous focus and purpose, the video hones in on the subtle movements of the artist’s back and hands, making the piece surprisingly intense.”
This year’s show breathes in a pleasingly airy, decluttered space. Immediately there’s a palpable feeling of confident professionalism, which is not at all the same thing as suggesting it is worrying commercial or safe. Far from it – student experimentation is alive and flourishing. Arguably metalsmithing, as opposed to jewellery, has to fight its corner Read More