Phillip J – Make ‘em 3D_New York City
19cm x 30cm x 20cm Paper sculpture
My memories of New York City are almost a decade old. From what I hear from those who currently dwell in the city, there has been a multitude of changes the city’s skyline. This is a visual representation of my black and white memories of New York city, where the historical Flatiron building stands beside Madison Square Park, just eleven streets south of the Empire State building. Further north, there stands the fifty-two stories tall H&M tower. Far down south to the Greenwich Village remains the apartment which Joey, Chandler, Monica, and Rachel once occupied.
Fatma E (Year 13) – Is it home or a glance into my childhood?
59.4cm x 84.2cm Oil pastel on paper
Home is what we perceive as a place we belong to or where people we are close to belong. This artwork shows one of the places I describe as my home. With the use of oil pastels, I was able to recreate elements of nature aiming to make it realistic. This realistic nature can be seen in the Impressionistic movement. Pointillistic elements for the roofs and in the background show further inspiration from Impressionism.
Phillip J – Life is a Highway
120cm x 70cm Charcoal and Pen drawing
There is something unique and distinct about the paths people walk on throughout their lives. For me, a constant change in living locations has brought a spectrum of new ideas, perspectives, and attitudes. I was born in Jeju Island — a sub-tropic island in the southernmost part of Korea— and moved to a metropolis, Seoul, then to New York City, a busier city, and, finally, to Beijing, where I am at the moment. Relocation and adaptation to these whole new worlds is what I portray in this piece. The highway connecting the two worlds represents the course of my life chronologically, from past to future. The background is drawn on craft paper with charcoal, emanating the serene, loose, and traditional mood of Jeju island, while the white square piece in the middle of the piece depicts Seoul with a clean pen drawing, reflecting the cut-throat and busy nature of Seoul.
Fatma E (Year 13)- Representations of nature
17cm x 59.2cm x 10.4cm Clay, paper, cardboard, sand, small rocks, leaves, sponge, earth, thread, cotton pads and swabs, paint, plastic
Nature should be protected. This is what people hear and say quite often. Is this true and for what reason may it be true? Do people think about protecting nature? Nature is what humans need to be alive and therefore it should be protected. The landscape models show different kinds of nature. Each piece shows a different climate zone from left to right: temperate and mountainous; mountainous and cold; tropical; hot and dry; desert; and polar climate.
Chiana I (Year 13) – Looming assembles
Acrylic Paint, Collage, Ink
Looming assembles is a collage made from different cultural ornaments. It explores the beauty of collaboration and intertwined ethnic relation. I have taken elements such as the gold foil, and a variety of color and texture to rearrange them on natural brown paper.
Mycah Walker – Portrait003
112x85cm Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
Using an image of my model in a light projection room in a gallery in 798. The brushstrokes over the model’s face are inspired by César Biojo’ works. They capture all the aspects of my original image, such as the emotions, onto a still image. This piece is purposefully placed next to Sculpture033 (2021) and Portrait333 (2021) because they are inspired by this painting. At this point my overall theme of beauty and destruction becomes more visible.
Pako Mosekwa – Wild Eagle shark
85 x 120cm Acrylic
This is an anthropometric artwork that was influenced by my fascination with nature. I picked out creatures that do not have much in common in order to create a unique personality and place all those features in a single creature to make a contribution to the creation of a new species.
Images: British School of Beijing, Shunyi
This article appeared in the jingkids 2022 Graduation issue