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Whether people like it or not, there are always fashions in the art world. People become preoccupied with similar ideas, like-minded ways of expressing an idea or just a particular aesthetic trend. Degree shows can be great places to see what fashions are emerging in art and what's great that's nothing to do with what's popular.
If Central St Martin's BA Fine Art is anything to go by, we're going to be seeing built environments with projections extraordinaire in the next few years. Lots and lots and lots of them. Perhaps because there were so many none of them stood out. In the hubbub of noise and pieces bustling up against each other it's often the things which are different that appeal. Painting and print work seemed to be of a high standard. Tim Philips intricate bright doodly painting on large photographic images caught the eye. As did Anne-Laure Ponsin's use of graphical icons and computerised imagery. Meena Ayittey's graffiti style drawings were good examples of a current trend, as were Nathan von Boventer's street-art pieces. Valentina Dorsa's large bean bag-esque sculptures of Oxo and Alka-Seltzer packets are humorous and unique. And as ever at CSM, there was some great video on display, notably this year from Chiakara Shimasaki's beautiful figurative abstractions.
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