City Walls #1: To be free is to have no fear

Installed from 5 February 2016 to 21 April 2016
Colourful street mural with abstract shapes and figures. The text reads, "TO BE FREE IS TO HAVE NO FEAR." A person in motion walks past the artwork.

A paper-cut artwork goes big.

Artist: Nadia Hernandez
This artwork was temporary and is no longer at this location.

Artwork description

The first artwork in the City Walls project, To be free is to have no fear, is a colourful work by artist Nadia Hernandez behind Customs House on Loftus Lane. Nadia works by creating the work as a paper cut artwork in a smaller scale, then translates it to the wall.

Artist

A multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Sydney, Nadia Hernandez was born in Merida, Venezuela. Her practice continues to orbit and explore Venezuelan folklore, using collage, craft, design and text to reflect on the intersecting ideologies of social and political change.

Hernandez has had both solo and group exhibitions across the country and created site-specific works in Sydney for cultural hubs such as The Thousands and Golden Age Cinema. Her work is held in private collections throughout Australia, New York, London, Luxembourg, Barcelona and Japan.

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