Masters show their works

A giant fish and an Egyptian mummy's head were just some of the wild and wonderful artworks on display at the Dundee Masters show 2006.

The work of more than 30 students from China to Mexico was on show at the annual event run by Duncan of Jordanstone. The students came from a variety of disciplines including Masters of Sciences Electronic Imaging, Design, Sciences Animation and Visualisation, and Fine Art.

The art on show was exiting and imaginative, reflecting the School's research mission to create a national and international centre of excellence in research and practice that is innovative, integrated, relevant and distinctive.

Duncan of Jordanstone's Graduate Centre, established in 2005, is designed around a strong research ethos and brings together taught postgraduate programmes in a creative and flexible manner. The postgraduate programmes offered here are considered to be of the most original and stimulating in the UK.

Elaine Shemilt, Head of the Graduate Centre, said, "The 2006 Dundee Masters Show extended the boundaries, giving generous physical and mental space to adventurous new artists and ideas."

"It is exciting to see multimedia, interactive and time based installations sitting alongside strong works in traditional media and it highlights the vast range of talent of our graduates."

One of the works on display was an Egyptian head that Emma Fyfe helped to reconstruct in conjunction with the University's Forensic Art Unit. Emma is interested in how reconstructions are produced and whether interpretive items, such as hair, adds to or hinders the overall picture of the person.

Also on display was Trevor Gordon's giant fish, part of a collection that also includes organic shapes such as triffids and humans. Trevor is interested in the relationship that his home country in the North East of Scotland has with art - has it progressed beyond traditional work and do people there understand or even like modern art?