‘Creativity takes courage.’

– Henri Matisse, artist

When we look at art, we look at it through our own experiences, opinions, preferences and feelings. This means that different people can look at the same work of art and respond to it in completely different ways, while the artwork itself remains unchanged.

Sometimes, what we see is similar to what the artist wanted to express, and other times, it may be different. This collection of student statements offers the opportunity to view the artwork and then read, in the student artist’s own words, what their focus was during the artwork’s creation – just tap on the artwork.