An exhibition celebrating the incredibly talented artists at Castlemaine Secondary College was unveiled at the historic Castlemaine Market Building on Sunday.
The annual exhibition features portfolio pieces by CSC’s year 12, year 11 and emerging year 10 artists.
CSC art teacher Clayton Tremlett said the works featured in this year’s exhibition were extremely high calibre.
“There are some confronting, thought-provoking, beautiful and emotive pieces created by our year 12 artists that touch on topics such as gender identity, disassociation, love and loss,” he said.
“And our year 11 students are already exceeding expectations, we can’t wait to see what they create over the coming 12 months.”
Visitors to the exhibition will first encounter a stunning painting by Chloe Wrzesinski.
“Their painting explores gender identity and features the cuttlefish, which can be both male and female,” Mr Tremlett said.
Next you will encounter a striking oil on panel piece by Sigrid Doolan.
“This is a powerful and deeply personal piece for the young artist,” Mr Tremlett said.
“We then have a series of works in which Liana Parks explores her experience of disassociation and what she sees in the mirror, it has scratch and sniff elements which really engage the viewer.
“Year 12 student Jordan Finning’s drawings are inspired by the art of Goya and gaming.”
There are even 3D installations such as a beautiful, handcrafted tent created and intricately embroidered by textiles student Saskia Lynzaat, which evokes memories of childhood, and a stunning plywood and paper model of a conservatory created by one of CSC’s visual communication students Violet Kennedy.
Other works include etchings and printmaking, sculpture, digital images and short films created by Media Studies students.
The exhibition can be viewed at the Market Building between 9-5 daily.
