The Thousands

Through the platform of the grad exhibition, artists represent their journey through the institution of the art school, from baby bird foundation student to final year ‘I’m a real artist now that I have a degree’. Constructed of fragments, Arlon Hall’s entangled paintings evoke unstable landscapes. Fiona Roberts and Claire Marsh respond to the body; fragile, uncomfortable, anxious, tactile, fleshy and alluring. Exploding from a native bouquet, CJ Taylor’s neon dingo is as much surreal as it is majestic. As Polly Dance mentions in the catalogue essay, the grad show is a beast; wild, animated, full of energy, and settled for the night to show off its plumage.