‘ARTEXPRESS‘ showcases the outstanding artworks created by NSW students for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) Visual Arts examination. This year, 40 artworks were selected from the 2017 cohort of 9,097 Visual Arts students from public and private schools across New South Wales, including newcomers Arden Anglican School, Doonside Technology High School, Lurnea High School and St Columba’s Catholic College.
Art Gallery of New South Wales director Michael Brand said the gallery is delighted to present the diverse creative talents and achievements of NSW art students; ”ARTEXPRESS’ is one of our most popular exhibitions for good reason – it is a celebration of the power of art to connect communities and engage audiences of all ages. Its popularity is testament to the public’s appetite for art created by our own talented community of young thinkers and makers,’ Brand said.
Maya Jane Williams (Northern Beaches, Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus), To Forage: Nature’s Jewels, documented forms. © the artist
The multi-disciplinary exhibition spans ceramics, collection of works, documented forms, drawing, designed objects, graphic design, painting, photomedia, printmaking, sculpture, textiles and fibre, and time-based forms.
Leeanne Carr, Art Gallery of NSW education manager and curator of ‘ARTEXPRESS 2018’ believes the exhibition embodies the spirit of this generation and offers a timely snapshot of the overlapping curiosities, passions and concerns occupying the minds of young Australians; ‘I am consistently impressed by each student’s maturity and depth of thinking but also their confidence to experiment with new and innovative techniques,’ Carr said.
A related program of ARTEXPRESS Art After Hours events will be held in March. Stay tuned for details.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
26 January to 25 April, 2018
Sydney
