Keeping it real..

I saw an Instagram post recently - a photograph of the contents of a fallen packet of spaghetti. The strands of pasta had landed in a wigwam-shaped pile and the caption joked that the results had awarded him an Art MFA. It made me chuckle - especially as degree show season is about to start and it can be a bit of a challenge to identify the work that's on show (is that fire extinguisher a fire protection device.. or an artwork..?). In some ways I quite enjoy a challenge to my visual assumptions, though today our focus is on the realists amongst us. Emerging artists working under the loose umbrella of Contemporary Realism, demonstrating technical ability, together with a unique vision. Wait by Phoebe Hardwick, £300 Pigeon by Louise Crabb, £220 Sunset Reflection by Thomas Cameron, £1000 Language Between Us by Toni Cogdell, £550 Brysie - half portrait by Julien Legars, £260 Still Life with Pumpkin by Chris Polunin, £850 Language Between Us by Toni Cogdell, £550 City II by Seth Marshall, £380 Red Stripes by Julia Blackshaw, £175 At a Crossroads by Rosemary Burn, £295 Tomatoes and Onions by Anne Baudequin, £320 Blue Tower by Keith Robinson, £850 At the Window by Niki Duffy, £950 Geometry by Johnny Morant, £1950