Author: samneal

 Grace Omoniyi  My pieces are a display of the West African elements that bring light to appearances – the outward beauty of a person. The model has on a purse and ‘aso-oke’, which are accessories for adornment – a refined means to make commotion and introduce presence at an event. Capturing this reminded me that this culture is not lost-...

Methods II is an interim exhibition by fourth-year students in the BFA programme.  

Methods I is an interim exhibition by fourth-year students in the BFA programme.  

My drawings grow from tangled lines and chaotic layers. Up close they seem meaningless, but from a distance hidden forms emerge. The beaver, notorious as the god of disruption, creates habitats that appear messy. What seems broken is, in fact, vibrantly alive, a quiet resistance to humans’ need for order. That is where my friendship with the beaver began. This...

A new generation of young artists considers the rich territory of textiles, fibre-art and soft sculpture, reasserting the power of the needle and tangible materials to communicate their ideas and vision. In Hands for Eyes, personal histories, cultural traditions, socio-political, and formal themes serve as reference points for this group of 2nd-year Sculpture students who created work grounded in traditional...