Visual Art Reviews: Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2008; Glasgow College of Art Degree Show 2008: Pearls of Wisdom From Court Jesters
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EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART DEGREE SHOW 2008, EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART **** GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART DEGREE SHOW 2008, VARIOUS VENUES, GLASGOW ****
ONCE again Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art are running their degree shows concurrently. It is a convenience for your art critic, no doubt. But it is also more than that. They are our two largest art schools. Significantly they have also both preserved their status as independent institutions. Taken together, their shows should give a good idea of the rising generation and of the country's artistic pulse. They are now the two largest of five art schools, no longer just four; they were joined recently by Moray College in Elgin, an important new beginning under the aegis of the University of the Highlands and Islands.See the full content of this document
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Visual Art Reviews: Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2008; Glasgow College of Art Degree Show 2008: Pearls of Wisdom From Court Jesters
Edinburgh and Glasgow are both vigorous shows, but they are also diverse and that is a good thing. Certainly there is a lot of reflection here on what the artist's role should be. That is what you hope a serious student might be doing - though a lot of them in the absurd current cant talk about their art as their "practice". It is a usage that suggests they think t...
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