VCA ART 2020

Yasmin Hopkins

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

ABC?
The teeth were sown. Monsters and language.
Dissolve sugar/salt in water. Making crystals.
Dip fingers into candle wax. Making caps.
Hold cherry tomatoes on the candle flame. It floats.
My cherry tomato bowl is a spaceship
Above my paintings
I never liked jumping in the pool. But there was nothing I loved doing, (?) more than swimming. I took three days to be born. I was already late, I did not want to come...
... The disaster has already happened. So, I jumped in the pool.
I want to be a swimmer. I want to be a free diver. I want to be a surfer.
Surf the waves—kickback in the sun—go with the flow, cool—with a tinnie. I am just learning my ABC.

Yasmin Hopkins, A. Seed Coat B. Radicle C. The circus, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, A. Seed Coat B. Radicle C. The circus, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, St. Michael Vanquishing the Cabbage Moth, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, St. Michael Vanquishing the Cabbage Moth, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, Siphoning off / mumble rap, oil on board, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, Siphoning off / mumble rap, oil on board, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, The Lotus Eaters, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, The Lotus Eaters, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, On Waiting, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, On Waiting, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, The Diver, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, The Diver, oil on canvas, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, installation view, oil on canvas and board, 2020
Yasmin Hopkins, installation view, oil on canvas and board, 2020

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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