Inspiring Creativity: Art and Ceramics Exhibition

‘I want the painting to be flesh’ – Lucian Freud

OH Charlie Schaffer returned to HABS on 19th June to open the annual GCSE and A-Level Art and Ceramics exhibition. Celebrating a year of outstanding art, staff, students and parents alike took the opportunity to view and admire the outstanding work of our exam classes.

In particular, we would like to thank our A-level candidates Solomon, Karan and Ben for the range of themes expressed in their work. Solomon has chosen a course in Graphic Design, Karan is going on to study Interior Architecture and Ben will be studying an Art Foundation course at Central Saint Martins 2018-2019 followed by an undergraduate course in History of Art at Cambridge

In addition, our GCSE Fine Art and Ceramics students produced a fascinating range of work exploring the theme of fractures. All boys used the skills acquired and developed through their coursework to create highly inventive and personal responses to the theme.

Charlie closed the evening with a humble and insightful talk, recollecting his time at HABS and thanking the art department for their support and advice. His own work is a model of HABS excellence, winning an award in the recent Lynn-Stainers Painters Prize, and has been compared to the work of Lucian Freud in its vitality by Timothy Warrington of The International Confederation of Art Critics.

Our thanks go to Charlie, the Art Department, and of course the boys themselves: there was simply a wonderful range of art and ceramics exhibited!