North Queensland regional exhibition 2018

within a socio-cultural context. The message that is visually communicated is the thought that it is our experiences throughout our lives that alter the way we perceive the world around us. As you move from left to right the people have less experience and memories, and as a result the house they see is less clouded by embellishments. The overall purpose of this artwork is to provoke thought on how age affects perception and to aid peoples’ understanding of each other.

This artwork titled Age and Decay explores the focus of ‘sites of perception and change’

Acrylic on canvas

Age and Decay [detail] 2018

Year 12, Pimlico State High School

Sarah Wright

In the centre is our future, the threat of nuclear war looming over an ignorant world. The overall message of the artwork cautions the viewer to reassess the true nature of war and urges them to advocate for peace.

This artwork, titled The Pathway to World War III, explores the focus of Sites of War within historical and socio-cultural contexts. The wooden graves amongst the poppies symbolise the birth of the ANZACS and with it the glorification of war. In contrast, the pain and wide scale suffering of World War II is encapsulated in the trenches and barbed wire.

Mixed media on board

The Pathway to World War III [detail] 2018

Year 12, Pimlico State High School

Annabel Wright

I wanted to make a war scene that challenges stereotypes of gender and what a war zone looks like. The images were also especially poignant to me as my father has had first hand experience in desert war zones in his job and I wanted to capture a sense of that environment.

The concept for this body of work was gender and this work focusses on the idea that we place different jobs, roles and stereotypes on each gender. Often this involves an idea of 'one for all' such as the colours pink and blue.

Photographic

Gender Wars 2018

Townsville

Year 12, St Patrick's College