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MONNIQUE LAMB

MONNIQUE LAMB

I was able to demonstrate that the landscapes will change, and each persons’ perception will be different. People can change how they appear or how they are viewed, but we can’t change our skin. We cannot change who or what we are.

By layering my images, I created the effect of skin. I wanted to portray my home in a way that illustrates while it will not always be permanent, the images conveyed in my artwork and my mind have no expiration date. Through the use of both the layers of colour, images, along with alternating the paper used,

Acetate, vellum, wax, crackle medium, clear varnish, ink, oil, shellac, natural objects and fibre

Skinriched and HomeFleshed [detail] 2018

Year 12, All Souls St Gabriels School

ZOE GODFREY wants to be another culture than her own, but is shunned by societal expectations to uphold and respect your own background. Physically, the girl is being consumed by a crystallisation that reveals herself as another culture beneath.

Metaphorically, it’s about her realising the truth of who she wants her identity to be. It is shattering from the insideout from the strain and pressure of society. People must reconsider the possibility of being another culture because it’s no different to the successful movements of gender and sexuality.

Shattered Cultures embodies the insight into a girl who

Shattered Cultures 2018 Oil, watercolour, ink, shattered glass, photo transfer

Year 12, Kirwan State High School

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