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Armed and Empty Handed, 2009

by Kim Buck

Armed and Empty Handed, 2009

In Armed and Empty Handed I explored the idea that the more knowledge and experience we gain, the more we understand how little we really know. It is a portrayal of vulnerability and uncertainty with an underlying sense of hope. After all, every challenge is also an opportunity; the start of something great.

NYSPP 2010

National Youth Self Portrait Prize
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Strait Face
Idealised Asymmetrical Self
Ad Infinitum: Self
Hydropomanic Magic

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National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2009

Previous exhibition, 2009

An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.
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