BETWEEN THE LINES
Through a series of drawings, I explore the redundancy and repetition of our education system that marginalizes students with different learning abilities, by classifying them as failures due to an inability to fit a perceived perfect order. The walls, as a commanding canvas, are intentional metaphors of how in my formative years the existing education system instilled and exerted control through a conventional form of learning that left no space for inclusivity. And while from afar, this may seem to produce an ideal student, in reality, a child’s imagination and curiosity are stifled in an attempt to make students follow a controlled path. I am inspired by construction lines from copybooks used in primary schools. While from a distance, these parallel lines seem precise and drawn with almost mechanical acuity, upon closer inspection the imperfections become visible. Through my drawings playing with the interplay of lines I ask a question, is our education system stifling a child’s latent curiosity and imagination, and how the same system with a different intent can be perceived.
Axel Lucas
Fine Art
BETWEEN THE LINES
Through a series of drawings, I explore the redundancy and repetition of our education system that marginalizes students with different learning abilities, by classifying them as failures due to an inability to fit a perceived perfect order. The walls, as a commanding canvas, are intentional metaphors of how in my formative years the existing education system instilled and exerted control through a conventional form of learning that left no space for inclusivity. And while from afar, this may seem to produce an ideal student, in reality, a child’s imagination and curiosity are stifled in an attempt to make students follow a controlled path. I am inspired by construction lines from copybooks used in primary schools. While from a distance, these parallel lines seem precise and drawn with almost mechanical acuity, upon closer inspection the imperfections become visible. Through my drawings playing with the interplay of lines I ask a question, is our education system stifling a child’s latent curiosity and imagination, and how the same system with a different intent can be perceived.
Image 1
Assemble, Controlled 1, Controlled 2, Controlled 3
Assemble
Assemble, Controlled 1, Controlled 2
Assemble
Controlled 1, Assemble, Controlled 2, Controlled 3
Caption for Image 7: Controlled 1, Controlled 2
Caption for Image 8: Controlled 1, Assemble, Controlled 2, Controlled 3
Controlled 2
Controlled
