Artists statement

The 'Collaboration of Commonality and Difference' has its conceptual roots in teh notion that only when we accept and nurture both commonality and difference, can we, humankind, foster unity.
With the acceptance and nurturing of commanality and difference, peoples of the world are afforded equal validity for a collaborative approach towards peaceful resolution and possible unity.
Integral to the conceptual foundation of the work is the use of papers sourced from around the world.
Paper is at once universal and individual, and in this instance is representative of humanking.
The jigsaw design draws on the understanding that each piece is integral to the creation and resolution of the whole.
Commanality is suggested through repetition, however, no two pieces are the samem emphasizinf the beautym strength and validity of difference.

Historical information

Established in 2004, generously supported by George Lucato, the Lucato Peace Prize was an annual acquisitive art award open to all enrolled Federation University Australia tertiary students and all senior secondary students enrolled at any City of Ballarat secondary school or college. Prizes were awarded to the applicants whose work best illustrates or expresses the idea that 'peaceful alternatives are always preferable to armed confrontations'. First prize of $2250.00 was awarded to Cassandra McArthur for her work, Commonality and Difference, 2014, and it was the last Lucato Peace Prize Awarded after the death of George Lucato in 2014.

Cassandra McArthur was undertaking a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Fine Arts) at the Federation University Arts Academy when this artwork was produced.

Physical description

Winner of the Lucato Peace Prize 2014