It’s my favorite time of year. Up and down the country university students are showcasing their latest work in the end of year shows. Tonight I had the briefest stop by at the Nottingham Trent Fine Art show.

Although i haven’t had the chance to see it in its full glory, at a glance it was looking spiffing marvelous with some really strong pieces. The whole show felt airy, not to over powered by big bossy pieces, but owned by smaller, minimal, sharp pieces.

Particularly strong pieces of work came from:

Lotti V Closs, with a marvelous kaleidoscope installation;

Simon Franklin, who does some of the best paper sculpture i have ever seen;

Neil Dixon, has made a fabulous architectural style installation;

Meg Tait, was hung up dressed as a horse – brilliant;

Bill Nguyen, does fantastic performance pieces – tonight he was hid under some carpet, i think?!

Tom Duggen, produced an incredibly clever piece of text based work along with other things.

If your in Nottingham you certainly most go – I will be as soon as I get chance next week to have a proper look- and then hopefully i’ll get some visuals up for you.

Until then, feast your eyes on their website here

Have a splendid weekend!