Ellen Taylor’s Children in Detention

In an article by Chee Chee Leung, April 27, 2006 for The Age (theage.com.au) on The annual Top Arts exhibition of VCE student work Ellen Taylor’s Children in Detention was mentioned.

Photo: Nicole Emanuel

Ellen Taylor, who studied at Wonthaggi Secondary College, used coffee and calico to create her work Children in Detention, a comment on the "inhumane" effects of mandatory detention on children. She says the dolls in the piece represent children in detention, cramped on a wall and "cowering in fear".

National Gallery of Victoria director Gerard Vaughan said: "It is always refreshing to see such innovative, thought-provoking and creative works."

The exhibition is part of the VCE Season of Excellence, which features the best student work of 2005 in technology, design, multimedia, cinema, and visual and performing arts. Top Arts runs until July 16.

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