Beyond the classroom: Visual Arts students engage with ARTEXPRESS and Ron Mueck

Our Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts students recently visited the Art Gallery of NSW to experience ARTEXPRESS and the extraordinary sculptural work of Ron Mueck. The excursion offered a rich learning opportunity, allowing students to engage directly with exemplary HSC artworks and explore how contemporary artists use scale, material practice and conceptual depth to communicate powerful ideas. Seeing these works firsthand sparked thoughtful discussion, inspired new approaches to their own artmaking and deepened their understanding of the creative possibilities within senior Visual Arts.

Student reflections:

Seeing the Ron Mueck Exhibition was an amazing experience, allowing us to observe his manipulation of scale and the realism achieved in his sculptures. This exhibition was incredibly atmospheric, offering insight into human experiences and the nature of relationships. 
Eve Ardagna
Year 12

Visiting Art Express (2026) introduced me to incredible student creativity. Seeing the skilful range of techniques and thought-provoking concepts behind each work has offered me inspiration to experiment more boldly to push my own skills further.
Erin Tai
Year 12

Brian Walker
Visual Arts Teacher