{"product_id":"what-artists-see-essays-9781923192379","title":"What Artists See: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous collection of essays on art, obsession and creativity from one of Australia's best critics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelve essays in this collection offer glimpses into the lives of some of Australia's best contemporary artists, exploring the impetus for creativity and the role of art in making meaning. Tied together by an enduring curiosity for how artists practice - what motivates them, what confounds them and what compels them to keep creating - these pieces span the islands of Carpentaria to suburban Perth, the streets of Malaysia to the deserts of the Northern Territory. What emerges is art as an act of wilful vision - of alternative ways of seeing that illuminate the otherwise invisible.ï 1\/2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923192379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Quentin Sprague","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52302253129909,"sku":"9781923192379","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_68ddc1c5-b571-4259-824e-df0000e6b96d.jpg?v=1772552587","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/what-artists-see-essays-9781923192379","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}