Louis Grant, Queer (vulnerability) (detail), 2019, kiln formed and cold worked glass, neon, wood, paint

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Grant’s first work since graduating continues the same practice methodologies, a search for an authentic queer voice through the creation of a material voice. This search included shame and overcoming the shame of being gay. More active than previous work using neon and jewel like glass slabs. Three coloured slabs are polished allowing the light to refract and encompass them, shifting the perspective and colours of light, playing as metaphor for speaking shame and allowing vulnerability to come to light.

Image courtesty Ashley St. George - Adam McGrath