The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Masters Show 2017
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, until August 27
What does a post-apocalyptic animation set in Dundee have in common with a comic about the alternative history of Anne Boleyn?
The answer is they are just two of the exhibits being displayed by postgraduate students who take over Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design this weekend when it launches the Masters Show 2017.
The show, which launches with a preview today and runs until August 27, features work by 63 students.
Transformative design and visually stunning art from five of the UK’s most innovative and exciting postgraduate courses – MSC Animation and VFX, MFA Art and Humanities, MFA Art Society and Publics, MSC Forensic Art and Facial Identification, and MSC Medical Art – will be exhibited.
The Masters Show follows on from the university’s art, design and architecture degree show for the undergraduate cohort earlier this summer, which was viewed by 16,000 people over 10 days in May.
Professor Paul Harris, Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, said: “Having walked around this year’s Masters Show, I can testify that I’m more impressed than ever with the standard of the work.
“It is effective, evocative, sometimes provocative, and technically, it is truly masterful.
“It is clear evidence of the sustained, world-class status of our students, my colleagues, and our School.
“Once more it proves that DJCAD deserves its position of being one of Europe’s top art schools, and of being Scotland’s leading school of Art and Design,” he added.
“Visitors of all tastes will not be disappointed by either the quality or the impressive range of work on show.”
A great diversity of work is featured across categories. One of the highlights in the animation and visualisation area is by Penny Georgiou and features a character called Chiwow from the planet Smart.
He crash lands in Dundee and is consequently subjected to captivity by the Shared Intelligence Union (SIU) whereby international diplomats with special clearance can inspect and bid on property pertaining, found and created by the host country.
In arts and humanities, Chloe Briggs explores ideas of perception and identity with her figural paintings.
Art society and publics is explored by Gemma Connell through her past is a foreign country installation. It brings together Gemma’s hip hop research and performances through a collection of broken, graffitied bookcases and a live bibliography while exploring issues such as the result of the UK Brexit referendum and other global issues.