Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
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LS1 3HE
Project in Partnership with Arts Council Collection
BA (Hons) Fine Art and BA (Hons) Graphic Arts and Design students are working with the Arts Council Collection in response to the forthcoming exhibition, Criminal Ornamentation, opening at Longside Gallery at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on 5 April 2019.
Criminal Ornamentation explores the cultural and social dimensions of the use of pattern in art. The exhibition title refers to Adolf Loos' 'Ornament and Crime' (1908) a strongly worded essay in which Loos ridiculed the use of ornament as an indication of poor taste and the lowest level of cultural development.
As a counterblast to Loos’ bombastic text, Yinka Shonibare MBE presents an explosion of pattern and colour bringing together works from across the visual arts including an acidic wallpaper by Glasgow-based designers, Timorous Beasties, the sculptural torso of Tattoo, a subversive work by Edward Lipski and the flowing vegetation of Honeysuckle, a design by May Morris.
Students are using the Loos’ text and Yinka’s response as a starting point to develop ideas around class, identity, local industry, craft and production.
The students are also working with the curators at Longside to develop an event on 30 May at YSP with Dr Matt Lodder on the untold history of tattooing.
Further Information
- Find out more about the exhibitions.
- More about the School of Art, Architecture & Design.
- More about the BA (Hons) Fine Art course.
- More about the BA (Hons) Graphic Design course.
Marion Harrison
Marion Harrison is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art working on both UG and PG programmes. Marion is currently Acting Course Leader for BA(Hons) Fine Art and Course Leader for APD in Professional Practice in Art and Design.
