What Artists See: Essays performance and Bahar Sayed & Gemma

and Bahar Sayed & Gemma Weston

Vincent’s witty and moving paintings are accompanied by evocative text

The artworks shown are accompanied by commentary and analysis unpacking complex issues related to First Nations art-making and culture-making

Charline von Heyl

offering fresh perspectives on often painful histories

What Artists See: Essays performance and Bahar Sayed & GemmaA luminous collection of essays on art, obsession and creativity from one of Australias best critics Why do we revere the figure of the artist? Is the drive to create an innate human instinct or a form of compulsion? Is the provocateur more lauded than the realist? Why do artists do what they do, day after day, in a display of discipline and will? The twelve essays in this collection offer glimpses into the lives of some of Australias best