ARTEXPRESS

Overview

Kids these days. What will they think of next? To find out, be sure to check out ARTEXPRESS at the AGNSW this month, showcasing the most outstanding works created by the 2015 Year 12 cohort for the HSC. One of the Gallery's most popular annual exhibitions, this is a show that never ceases to drop jaws, and also to incite inferiority complexes in everyone over the age of 18.

From traditional painting, drawing and sculpture to photomedia, textiles and time-based forms, ARTEXPRESS this year will showcase 55 outstanding student artworks produced for the 2015 HSC Visual Arts examination (ugh, don't remind us).

The selection process for the exhibition began in November after the practical component of the HSC was done. "Selection took days of careful consideration of 400 pre-selected bodies of work from the 9000 HSC Visual Arts students in 2015,"says Leeanne Carr, Art Gallery of NSW coordinator of education programs and curator of ARTEXPRESS 2016. "I am always struck by the passion of student artists, their ability to understand the world in unique ways, and to use the power of visual language to communicate."

This is an annual favourite for all ages and remains open until May 15.

By Roslyn Helper with Shannon Connellan.

Image: Si Yuan Shelley Gu, Tempe High School What happened to I? (detail), ARTEXPRESS 2016.