ECA Degree show

This picture is difficult to see but basically it was lots of peeled bark on board with varnish and paint applied ontop.

Throughout June I visited ECA (Edinburgh College of Art), Duncan of Jordanstone, and Gray's school of art's degree shows. Unfortunately i missed glasgow's degree show and i'm pretty gutted about that as i heard it was really good.

It was great seeing the talent from each art school and it just gets me excited for fourth year although i don't want it to come too soon! ECA and Gray's shows were both amazing, the type of work that really made you go wow. Dundee's was good although it didn't have that wow factor edinburgh and aberdeen's shows did.

Here are some of the pictures I took on my phone of my favourite pieces from ECA's degree show...

Johan Grimonprez Exhibition

I went to see Johan Grimonprez's exhibiton at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh at the beginning of the month. This artist is known for his films and his most well known pieces are 'Double Take' and 'Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y' a film collage about airoplane hijackings which include cartoons and propaganda films. I quite liked his piece 'Double Take', which is a sequel to his film 'Looking for alfred'. At first i was a little confused as to what was going on when i first viewed 'Double Take' as the film kept jumping from documentary footage to film. I soon clocked on that the film was about and by Alfred Hitchcock with TV stories and reports from the cold war. I feel asthough the only reason i enjoyed this piece was because i am a fan of Alfred Hitchcock and found his doppleganger quite amusing.

The exhibition on a whole was interesting and although his videos lasted up to 90 minutes, you found yourself not being able to leave your seat. For me i would probably rate it 3/5..