I am that I am – A Deconstruction:
Prue Hazelgrove

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photo access Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre

Prue Hazelgrove, It is right for such sins to weigh heavily on our hearts, 2022

Exhibition Overview

Bringing tintype and collage processes into conversation, I am that I am examines histories of queer visibility and erasure. The artist engages Christian metaphors and allegories, challenging inherited perspectives around gender, sexuality and purity to seek more truthful representations.

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Exhibition artist

Prue Hazelgrove

Prue Hazelgrove is a Canberra region artist and musician. Hazelgrove specialises in the 19th century ‘wet plate’ photographic process: Collodion. The Collodion process, one of the first photographic processes, fixes images to glass and metal.

The collodion process is sensitive to UV and Blue light, parts of the spectrum that can be out of reach to the human eye. Hazelgrove values this medium for its unique ability transform an individual’s appearance and reveal an unseen side of their character.

As a person that identifies with LGBTQI+ community, who grew up within the evangelical church and purity culture, Hazelgrove seeks to use their artistic platform to encourage the audience to practice vulnerability and question our inherited beliefs and bias.

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