19 July – 31 August
2008
Collingwood Area School / Garin College / Golden Bay High School / Motueka High
School / Murchison Area School / Nelson Boys’ College / Nelson College for
Girls’
ID Me is an exhibition that investigates concepts
of identity in visual art that beyond the portrait. It is the result of a long term
project initiated by The Suter’s Educator, Esther McNaughton in collaboration with regional
secondary art teachers. Early in 2008, Year 10 art classes visited a portrait
exhibition at The Suter and later developed their own work which explored different approaches to
expressing identity in a range of media
ID Me brings
together the work of these students from seven regional schools alongside examples of their visual
mentors – established artists whose work was used as a model or works by artists that use similar
approaches. In keeping with the concept of identity, this exhibition presents many
perspectives and celebrates the possibilities of visual art, self-expression and media.
Image caption:
Paul Rayner.
Aries Guy (Self Portrait with Ram's Skull)
2006. Glazed earthenware 240 x 230 x 150mm. Courtesy of the artist and Bowen Galleries,
Wellington.