First Class 13

Now in its sixth year, First Class is an established annual exhibition celebrating the high calibre of work produced by students from the Hunter and Central Coast regions.

The exhibition is selected from nominated Higher School Certificate submissions produced in the previous year. Despite the works being drawn together from a number of schools across the region, each year a broad theme organically emerges. In First Class 13 the investigations and explorations into power and powerlessness are visible across the exhibition.

The works encompass a variety of viewpoints, from the personal to the global, and the historical to the cultural. The exhibition comprises a wide variety of media and techniques with noticeable references to the language of contemporary culture. The artists make use of accessible technology and draw upon aesthetics connected to gaming, tattooing, street art, design, mass media and the zine world.

 

 

Image above: Druan Colley, St Philip's Christian College, Waratah, Outside the Frame (detail) digital video, found chair, wall-mounted screen, handmade book, installation dimensions variable

Image below: Paula Burdis, Alesco Senior College, Cooks Hill, Laugh...Taunt...Tease...Laugh... (detail) fabric, thread, charcoal, plastic pipe, timber, 100 x 130 x 130 cm

When

Location

Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie, 1A First Street, Booragul 2284  View in Google Maps