Four charcoal drawings that juxtapose historical statues with human figures.

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Skin and Stone

Drawing

Charcoal on paper

Marble has been used since classical times as a medium to re-create the human form. It’s incredible how, when executed to perfection, stone has the power to resemble skin. Through this medium artists gave the gods human form. I used charcoal to juxtapose skin and stone, demonstrating their subtle similarities and differences. The gods I chose have characteristics and symbolise traits that I see in each of my family members, including myself: wisdom, art, the sea and the wild. My body of work encapsulates the ancestry of my culture and my world.

ARTEXPRESS was a joint partnership between The New South Wales Department of Education and NSW Education Standards Authority in association with Hazelhurst Arts Centre.

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