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1 Cassy SmithNewcastle University, BA Fine ArtCassy Smith’s watercolours are quickly realised, yetsupremely confident in their making. “The basis of myconcept is formed through the paint which lends itself to variations, both in technique and subject matter.Questions are raised through the suggestive nature of the work”cass.art@live.com

2 Shorvon & Hunter and Amelia FletcherLeeds University, BA Fine ArtThis creative trio altered the Leeds University sign so itappeared to have been hit by a meteor, the remnants ofwhich scarred the ground behind it. A foreboding message?shorvonandhunter@googlemail.com

3 Sophie Eagle Slade School of Fine Art, London, BA Fine Art“I use digital animation techniques evocatively,” says Eagle.“In Collapse (Endless Column), I redefine the establishedform of the column by repeatedly animating its slowcollapse, re-framing it within a cinematic desert landscape.”sophie.eagle@gmail.com

4 Robert LeechRoyal Academy Schools, LondonIn a subtle ode to Frank Stella, Robert Leech “tries to keepthe paint as good as it is in the can”. Water pumps makethe paint bubble continually for a simple and clever result.roblchi@yahoo.co.uk

5 Tori Jennings Edinburgh College of Art, BA Fine Art (Sculpture)Tori Jennings arranged an environment where geometricconcrete objects and mutant animalistic beings (soft toys)were arranged around a golden boulder (glam rock).tori.j@hotmail.co.uk

6 Holly MuxworthyCentral Saint Martins, London, BA Fine Art“I pick each piece of scrap wood and construct and compose the work almost like arranging flowers,” says Muxworthy, “into a form that enters quickly into the space.”hmuxworthy@live.co.uk

7 Sarah TylerWinchester School of Art, BA Fine ArtPress Fault was created and exhibited offsite, in thedisused Hyde Laundry. Latex was applied by hand onto theroom’s surfaces to create the peeling crustswhich were pulled and stretched toform tension and an ever-changing installation.sarah.r.tyler@hotmail.co.uk

8 Melis van den Berg Slade School of Fine Art,London, MA Fine ArtMelis van den Bergbalanced the remainingcontents of his studio intogiant hanging orb – aneffective exit strategy for a young graduate.www.melisvandenberg.com

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NEW WORK EXTRARECENTLY SEEN, IN BRIEF: WORK FROM UK DEGREE SHOWS

Every year, Art World brings you a selection ofinteresting work from UK art students’ summerdegree shows. As these examples show, graduatescontinue to work across the full range of media,from experiments with watercolour through toworks using found objects and film and video. And the references on display remain rich andunexpected, from Brancusi to Stella and beyondcompiled by: Trevor Attwood, Paul Carey-Kent, Alan Holligan, Rhiannon Silver & Carla Yarish

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9 Angus CameronGrey’s School of Art, Aberdeen, BA Fine Art (Painting)Angus Cameron’s oil paintings and drawings took as theirsubject a deliberately random selection of discardedtakeaway boxes, aerial landscapes, portraits and nights out.ac_in_monkeytree@hotmail.com

10 Andreas BlankRoyal College of Art, London, BA Fine Art (Sculpture)Andreas Blank’s beautifully crafted mundane objects – frombriefcases to tables – were made out of various stones,from marble to alabaster to soapstone.ciaoamigos@web.de

11 Alex FarrarLeeds Metropolitan University, BA Fine ArtIn En Plein Air, a helium filled cube “flew” out of Farrar’sspace and out above other students’ areas, acting as anintervention into the degree show as a whole.alex.farrar@hotmail.co.uk

12 Nicole GreavesUniversity of Cumbria, Carlisle, BA PaintingIn Defunct, Deflated & Motionless, printed fabric sculpturesbecome abstracted and nostalgic versions of an armchair,settee, television cabinet and a coffee table.roar_roar_nic@hotmail.com

13 Jonathan LongGlasgow School of Art, BA Fine ArtJonathan Long’s collage-based video projection was aforeboding and tense film work exploring Edmund Burke’saesthetic theory of the sublime.jonnyalong@hotmail.com

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14 Omar Zingaro BhatiaUniversity of Dundee, BA Art, Philosophy, Contemporary PracticesThe Spuriosity Shop was a collection of curiosities includingmannered portraits, weatherbeaten hats and a stuffedmagpie – all evoking an uneasy colonial past.zingaromar@googlemail.com

15 Frances Arnold Newcastle University, BA Fine Art“For Early in the Day,” Arnold explains, “paper is gridded,cut, folded and placed on a sheet of polished copper withthe dimensions of the unfolded paper. The movement oflight across the surface creates continuously evolving, site-specific drawings of light and shadow”frances.elizabeth.arnold@googlemail.com

16 Robert HuntManchester University, BA Fine ArtRobert Hunt’s carefully layered abstractions, “have noreferent in the outside world,” he says. “I use animprovisatory approach to creating forms and a process ofobscuring with glazes of colour.”rn_hunt@hotmail.com

17 Sam ColesManchester University, BA Fine ArtLong swathes of fabric were arranged sculpturally andhung from the ceiling in the middle of a disused room,hinting at both human presence and absence.sam_a_coles@live.com

18 Shona Macnaughton Edinburgh College of Art, MA Fine Art (Sculpture)The colourful sculpture was produced by downloading 3Ddigital drawings of objects used by the Glasgow Airportbombers. These were digitally collaged, re-assembling adistinctly homemade but deadly explosive device.www.shonamacnaughton.com

19 Hannah BrownManchester Univerity, BA Fine ArtBrown’s installation, It Is What It Is, is an arrangement ofrotating plaster and cement pieces. “My work revolvesaround a cyclical system of controlled steps,” she says.Hannahmaybrown86@gmail.com

20 Thomas AdankRoyal College of Art, London, BA Fine ArtThomas Adank’s lemon yellow fountains slowly morphed,oozing and cascading downwards while permeating theshow with the fragrance of Fairy Liquid.www.thomasadank.com

STUDENT MICRO-TRENDSc The influence of Karla Black’s delicate and domestic

sculptures showed up across the UK, with wallpaperworks at the Slade and amorphous swathes ofhanging fabric in Manchester (image 17)

c Experimentation with digital media saw elegantvideo works and projections (images 3 and 13)

c The intervention was a popular occurrence forstudents whose guerrilla works ranged from afloating parcel (image 11) to a deconstructed sign(image 2)

c Students rallied against their disorganisedstereotype by working with information processing systems (image below)

c Refined forms of formalism and minimalism revealeda general sense of introversion

c Live installations featured artists speaking to apassing audience or staging a naked protest

Above: Francesca Tyler, of Leeds University, presentsShakespeare as graphs in Retranslating Shakespeare