2025 Kennedy Prize Catalogue

114 | Mirror, Mirror | Nicola Hooper | $4800 | Papercut Watercolour and goauche on paper in ornate gold frame

Its narrative is derived from the fairytale Snow White, used to explore the introduction of the beautiful oleander in Australia. Highlighting the irony of this beautiful yet toxic plant, linked to Greek mythology as a method of suicide and used as rat poison. Questioning; are our native species more beautiful than this alluring yet deadly plant?