Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibiton 2017

On the 10th of August 2017, I went to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Acedemy of Arts. It had over 1000 works of photography, scultpure, prints, drawings and painting with various types of paint by various artists.

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibiton 2017

At the exhibition, I saw many different types of art, by many different artists using many different styles. I found it interesting to see all the different works of art together to see the different ways of making art and conveying messages through art.

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The paintings pictured above are Click I, Click IV, Riff V and Click V by Vanessa Jackson. I liked all her painting because of the different colours and shapes and how they catch your eye. After looking closer at all of her paintings, I realised they were all made of the same two shapes: a trapezium and a circle segment. They were just reflected, inverted, overlapped or changed in size.

Pictured below is Hold Fast, also by Vanessa Jackson

I liked looking at the more abstract pieces of art and interpreting them in different ways and seeing how they could mean different things to everyone. This was evident in the paintings by Fiona Rea:

Fiona Rea's paintings were probably my favourite because of their creativity and how the brushstrokes seemed to flow. I also liked them because they were confusing. By that, I mean that they could be interpreted in many different ways. Even though they were a bit hard to understand, I could make sense of most of them. For example, When I see number 33, I think about birds in flight near a jungle or crowded sky, whereas the artist gave it the title Charge my Goblins. Lots of pictures at the exhibition were abstract, but were conveyed in many different ways.

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Some others I liked, because of their originality and creativity such as Mugogo - The crossing and DP29(pictured below)

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Mugogo - The Crossing is made of recycled cans, stainless steel wires, galvanised steel wire and paper. Those aren't exactly what you call 'conventional' art materials and that is part of the reason I like it. It shows that anything can be art and shows how creative the artist can be. It has inspired me to use less conventional materials. DP29 is one of my favourite or at least in my top 3 because of its creative colours and patterns. It shows different layers, patterns but on or under each other.

Pictured below is This could be true. This has inspired me, the way artist has painted something simple and changed one thing to make it stand out.


I enjoyed going to the exhibition and would enjoy visiting again next year. Many of the artworks here have inspired me in different ways to explore different styles of art. Even though this year's exhibition is now over, I recommend visiting next year's Summer Exhibition to anyone interested in drawing, painting, printing, sculptures and especially abstract art.

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  • Luke Taylor

    On 18 September 2017, 10:45 Luke Taylor Contributor commented:

    This looks like a brilliant collection of work. I wish I was there myself!

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