Exhibition: Aftermath 2021
Aftermath is an annual collaborative project between Nottingham Contemporary and Nottingham Trent University. Postgraduate students have worked together to produce, design, create and document a new art exhibition. This project gives students the experience of working within a rich team, sharing ideas, peer-learning and professional experience.
Fine Art students researched the recent exhibitions Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio and Jimmy Robert: Akimbo to develop new work, taking inspiration in various ways from themes and media. Interior Architecture students designed the exhibition, a Photography student documented the making of the exhibition and the graphic design was carried out by an International Fashion Management student.
Aftermath 2021 is a group exhibition of seven artist’s works, in a range of media including sculpture, sound, installation and painting. Over recent months, the artists have re-imagined their fine art practices and faced challenges in making new art. Through mostly virtual explorations and discussions, this new material body of artworks represents how individual artists have combined interpretation with developing their practice.
To accompany the show, the students have produced a striking newspaper with features on each student - artists, photographer, exhibition designers and the graphic designer. Behind-the scenes images and texts reveal the processes and inspirations, showing how individual talents and practices merge in both virtual and material ways.
Artists
James Briggs
Melisa Cerriku
WooSun Choi
Luke Knight
Janhavi Sharma
Amy Sidebotham
Klara Szafrańska
Exhibition Design
Dina Hegab
Qin Zheng
Graphic Design
Alexandra Craciun
Photography
Kathleen Stewart