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Amy Cornfield

MA work

MA work

  • 'White Fortune'

    'White Fortune', Amy Cornfield 2017
    Digital Photography & Design

Neo/ Post/ Colonial Exchange

The history of the relationship between South African and Britain is dark and complicated. In 'Neo/ Post/ Colonial Exchange' Amy Cornfield reflects on the history and changing relationship between the two countries. She uses familiar tropes to address the difficult topics of racism, identity, national heritage, authority and power. 


Amy's approach is direct, interdisciplinary and political in nature. 'Neo/ Post/ Colonial Exchange' is a group of works comprising of print, sculpture, installation, moving image and interactive elements that together work to both present and explore the complexities of these concepts. 

In her work Amy expresses the ambivalence she feels about her British heritage in relation to the colonial past that is still today so prevalent in the country of her birth, South Africa. 

Programme
Print
Sponsors
David Twohig

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Humanities

    Programme

    MA Print, 2017

  • Amy Cornfield's work is socio-political commentary. Amy sees art as a form of communication. She believes in it's potential to elicit both thought and feeling, broaden horizons and challenge perceptions. Amy employs art as a tool for social change. Her work intends to pose questions, confront attitudes and create awareness. 


    Her work is drawn from the social, political and psychological environment in her home country, South Africa, and the happenings around her. Amy's practice is research based and reliant on records, be it drawing from existing archive or creating a new one through documentation. 

    Amy is interested in the viewer's response to her work and the threshold of how much information is needed to contextualise it. She challenges the social conventions of what can and can't be said. Her work evokes both an emotional and a cerebral response.  

  • Degrees

  • BA Fine Art HONS, University of Cape Town, 2003

  • Experience

  • Freelance producer/ Director, various companies, 2010–2016; Arts room volunteer, Kids Company, 2013; Producer/ Director, Greenlions, 2012; Senior producer/ Director, Evidently, London, 2007–2009

  • Exhibitions

  • 'The Odious Smell of Truth' by the RCA RAGE Collective, RCA Hockney Gallery, London, 2017; 'Freshly Squeezed,' CGP Gallery, London, 2017; 'Boxed Out,' CGP Gallery, London, 2015

  • Awards

  • Michaelis School Art Prize, 2003; Class Medal: Fine Art – Final Year, 2003; Dean's Merit List, 2001; Class Medal: Fine Art – 1st Year, 2000

Registered Office: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU