Feast your eyes at Carinus

Self-portraiture is the bread and butter of just about any art curriculum and at the 2016 Carinus exhibition some show depth, effort and a high level of (intimidating) selfreflexivity.

The Carinus Painting department asked students to investigate interpretations of Cubism and Fauvism to motivate and influence the selfportraits, with rich translucent colours.

Pushing their students into these mind frames has paid off: the self-awareness is stunning.

The exhibition is also host to an inspired take on Afro Pop textiles, created with the same earnestness and currency that made their antecedents appealing in the first place.

There is also a very innovative 3D painting that seems almost meshed with a textile behind it.

The ceramics is re-imagined and re-attributed from the very best of African heritage and design, as well as a strong Art Deco influence.

The 2016 Carinus exhibition is a smorgasbord of methods and genres.

Standing out among the stand outs is the Winged Man mixed media by a Grade 12 Graeme College learner and likewise another mixed media print by a Grade 12 Victoria Girls Student.

To have brutally high expectations of a school exhibition is pretentious.

To have mild expectations of a school exhibition and to be surprised and astounded is humbling. I sit firmly in the second category.

The Carinus exhibition is of a high standard and its curation is careful and considered.

View it daily from 8am to 3pm from 26–29 September. It opened officially on 21 September and a special guest opening will be held on 27 September at 6pm.

People interested in attending this opening can contact the Carinus School on 046 622 4543 For more information about the works on show, read here

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