Royal Academy of Arts

A-Level Summer Exhibition Online

Functions of a Hand

09 Jun - 17 Aug 2014

Sophie Taylor
Underneath the surfaces.
Shrewsbury Sixth Form
Another image from my prison series. Taken in the cellars of a deserted prison, little light and dirty conditions but there is something beautiful about this from the textures to the lines.
This photograph also worked well as a Cyanotype Photogram due to the formal elements..
DSLR
Daniel Kimber Binmore
Elephonium.
The King’s School
I created this piece after looking into Surrealist artists and in particular Vladimir Kush, who gave me the idea for mixing animals with everyday objects. I think that these two particular things go well together as they are a similar shape and elephants are known for trumpeting their horns..
Clay, acrylic paint. 15 x 20 x 30 cm.
Adam Britnell
Functions of a Hand.
Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College
This work was inspired by the different functions of a hand and forms they produce. My main source of inspiration was the works of Henry Moore. The piece demonstrates the negative space produced by functions of the hand- squeeze, hold and caress..
MDF plinth, clay forms. 80 x 40 x 25 cm.
A-LEVEL SUMMER EXHIBITION ONLINE
Functions of a Hand
9 June — 17 August 2014

This year, nearly 1,280 aspiring artists in college or at Sixth Form submitted their work to the A-Level Summer Exhibition Online. Here, you can see the 36 outstanding works of art selected by our expert panel.

Having your work chosen to appear in the A-level Summer Exhibition Online is one of the greatest accolades in the art world for this age group. Many of these young artists will go on to develop their talents at art school and in their careers beyond. Works are entered from all over the UK and showcase a rich variety of styles and media; from drawing and video to sculpture and prints, painting and photography.

This year, our panel of judges includes curator of this summer’s Radical Geometry exhibition Dr Adrian Locke, RA Schools student Julie Born Schwartz and Humphrey Ocean RA, one of Britain’s most successful contemporary painters.

Held to coincide with the world’s largest open entry exhibition, the Summer Exhibition, this online equivalent for artists aged 16–18 signals an exciting future for art in this country. Be one of the first to discover it now.