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Sunday, 25 April 2021

Artlyst - George Gittoes: Equal parts artist and warrior

My latest article for Artlyst is a preview of 'George Gittoes: on being there' at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Australian artist and documentary filmmaker, George Gittoes is an artist willing to create in the face of chaos and potential destruction:

'George Gittoes: on being there gives privileged access to his process through his personal visual diaries, field drawings, photography and film. Through these forms, we experience an amazing human journey that holds out the hopeful power of creativity in the face of prejudice and fear. This is a magnificent visual record of how Gittoes not only survives but creates in the face of forces that would seek to repress the human imagination.

Gittoes has learned that documenting frontline action is not enough; he wants to use art to bring about change. He wants, as Pattenden writes, ‘to pull us into these narratives and for us to consider what matters most when we talk about what life means and the nature of survival and human thriving.’'

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