opening, Peter Randall-Page RA inspired a further drawing-based workshop programme hosted at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. The students exhibited their Variations on a Theme responses in the new James Caird Hall and engaged in an ‘In Conversation’ with Peter Randall-Page led by assistant curator Helen Hillyard from the gallery. The Art Department encourages every possible opportunity for our boys to experience cultural life beyond the campus. Boys visit galleries here in London as well as in New York, Florence and Madrid, to name but a few. At time of writing, 24 Upper School students have just returned from a five-day trip to Berlin. Extracts from one student’s commentary sum up the value and impact of these experiences from farther afield: ‘Concrete deserts, a reserve of fat, dead corner, monstrous Trojan horse, soullessness, freedom of expression, the absurd, manifestos of artists, Futurism, Abstraction, Creationism, Suprematism, Dadaism, Flux vs Reform were a fraction of the themes explored at the Hamburger Bahnhof, where the exhibition, Das Kapital involved issues concerning DEBT, TERRITORY and UTOPIA. In the afternoon we explored entangled paths, criss-crossing
Art at the College is not limited to the Art Department. Despite the fact it is undeniably an energetic and inspiring environment, the way in which our students engage with real-life artistic practices means that they are always developing as artists, designers and architects beyond the classroom. Most recently, Upper School boys have worked alongside OA and Turner Prize winner, Jeremy Deller on English Magic , a collaborative film project which responded to Deller’s own submission to the Venice Biennale. Following on from a collaborative project with Conrad Shawcross to create a sculptural installation for the new science building, The Laboratory, and its subsequent
Afternoon lesson at The White Cube gallery in London.
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