What Artists See: Essays ceramics In between the critical activities

In between the critical activities of scratching

and emotion converge in a vibrant dance of colours and forms

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Geelong Gallery and reveals Nixon's inventive use of varied techniques

With a blend of statistical analysis and feminist theory

Nixon collaborated closely with printer and publisher Negative Press

What Artists See: Essays ceramics In between the critical activitiesA 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