{"product_id":"9781923192379","title":"What Artists See","description":"Author: Quentin Sprague\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923192379\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867070910622,"sku":"ADS-9781923192379","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923192379.jpg?v=1779429280","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923192379","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}