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GALLERY: Gray’s School of Art students show what they can do at Aberdeen exhibition

The students at Gray's School of Art will be showing their work off at Marischal College. , Robert Gordon University, Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.
The students at Gray's School of Art will be showing their work off at Marischal College. , Robert Gordon University, Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.

RGU students at Gray’s School of Art are exhibiting their work in Aberdeen.

The title of the exhibition is “inbetween3and4” and will involve students that are in the process of moving into their final fourth year.

A total of 13 students will be showcasing their work with a wide variety of styles and themes on display.

It will be running at the Anatomy Rooms in Marischal College from August 9 to 20 between 11am and 5pm.

Supporting the group is the arts charity All In Ideas which helps out grassroots and early career artists.

On the group’s Instagram account, the students have written personal statements about the meaning of their art.

Ideology of ‘projected nostalgia’

Summer Mapplebeck’s work involves looking at the “ideology of projected nostalgia” and the depiction of clear legible imagery drawn from photography.

The 21-year-old from Aberdeen wrote: “Interiors of houses, pubs and other domestic settings are the primary subjects from which I construct paintings, yet thematic aspects of work and rest feed intrinsically into the overarching trope.

“Through images, the sequence of time will become rendered unimportant i.e. it will become unclear as to whether an image belongs to the past, or present.”

Summer Mapplebeck with one of her paintings based on a photograph. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson

‘Everyday observations and experiences’

Naimh Hughes work involves looking at how everyday observations and experiences. And how they are the makings of our personal understanding of ordinary.

The 21-year-old from Aberdeen wrote: “As starting points, sketches, notes and photographs are ways of taking notice and picking at these pieces.

“Through the making of work, there is a sense of things coming into focus which perhaps lay beyond initial impressions or passed us by unremarked.

“The intangibility of everyday life finds form for only so long, and so the conversation starts again and again.”

Naimh Hughes with one of her paintings. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.

‘A look into the inner workings of my brain’

Daisy Pickford’s work involves looking into the inner workings of her brain.

The 23-year-old from Aberdeen wrote: “The piecing together of an image began to develop into my own personal visual language.

“The subject of the images are very reactive, and are made intuitively, occasionally starting out with no intention embracing conscious and unconscious waves of thinking that allows various two-dimensional forms to be created within the piece.

“This can, as well as being a learning process, can help the work find its own meaning as it progresses.”

Daisy Pickford. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson 08-08-2022

A sneak peek of what you can expect

Look below for a sneak peek of some of the artwork you can expect to see at the exhibition:

Two contrasting colour pallets on display. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.
A selection of different styles. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.
The visual effects of glass can be seen in this painting. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.
Each painting has a different meaning behind it. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson.
Different types of paint and equipment have been used in some paintings. Picture by Wullie Marr / DC Thomson

Next year, the artists will be showcasing their work at the Gray’s School of Art degree show.

This year’s degree show focused on the environment.

For more information on the artists, visit the group’s Instagram account or follow All In Ideas on Facebook.

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