ARTiculation College Heat 2022

As a History of Art student, I love to learn and discover new art and the cultures surrounding them. This year, 13 students from Sixth Form took part in ARTiculation, a national competition in which students research a chosen artwork and write a paper to deliver to an audience. As part of this, within CLC, the Heads of Sixth Form, Art, and History of Art, as well as fellow students such as myself, had the opportunity to spectate this event.

Owing to the popularity of the competition, it was necessary to hold two rounds to ultimately determine who would be going through to the regional final at Coventry's Herbert Art Gallery early next year. A wide range of different papers were presented across both rounds – dealing with such topics as the significance of the male gaze when determining femininity by looking at Flora Yukhnovich’s, Le Mercredi, on s’habille en rose (2017), to how feelings and thoughts can be conveyed through contemporary art such as Thundi (2012), by the Australian Aboriginal artist Sally Gabori. Everyone presented such fascinating papers and I feel that I came away from each talk with inspiration and a fresh perspective.

After long and hard deliberation, owing to the high quality of all involved, it was Jessica (SFC1 / Year 12) who won the College heat with her paper on Kitagawa Utamaro's Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure (1795). The judges commended her for the way in which she handled and explored many challenging ideas and theories to do with the print’s meaning, and how she developed these theories by her own visual analysis of the print.

ARTiculation is a great competition that allows students – whether they are taking History of Art or not – to indulge in their love for art and present it to others who share the same passion. It is something I would highly recommend for future students.

Issy, SFC1 (Year 12)

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