Artexpress
5 Feb 2011 - 20 Mar 2011
A showcase of outstanding artworks by Higher School Certificate Visual Arts students.
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre is proud to present its annual offering of Artexpress, an exhibition showcasing a selection of Higher School Certificate artworks that sees students experimenting across a range of media and pushing aesthetic, thematic and formal boundaries.
Hazelhurst will join with other venues across Sydney in hosting an exhibition that is always extremely popular with both the general public and thousands of school students, absorbing inspiration and making mental notes on 'what gets in' to Artexpress.
Hazelhurst adds another perspective to this exhibition with a focus on the art making process - the journey an artist takes when planning and producing an artwork, (including a few wrong turns along the way!). Such a view often reveals the artist's intent or rationale which can be a pathway towards a greater understanding of the work. In the past, due to space limitations, not all of a student's work has been exhibited. However, once again, Hazelhurst will endeavour to exhibit complete bodies of work of exceptional students.
The Hazelhurst exhibition is strong in fresh ideas and reveals extraordinary technical skills by young artists from the Sutherland Shire and throughout NSW. A visitor to Artexpress at Hazelhurst will be rewarded by seeing the sheer diversity that young people have employed in depicting sophisticated ideas. Artworks range across a variety of media, convention and techniques, with interesting themes ranging from issues of political, social, cultural and spiritual significance through to aspects of personal identity and home environment.
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre welcomes the teaching fraternity, students and the general public to an exhibition that highlights the skill and inventiveness that underpins this year's choice of artworks.
Forums to be run in conjunction with Artexpress
HSC Bodywork intensive workshops to be run in conjunction with Artexpress
Image: Grace Hunt, Conversations with Removed Others
More Information:
02 8536 5700
hazelhurst@ssc.nsw.gov.au
