Xanthe Muston
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Arts
Winner of the 2021 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Arts
Winner of the 2021 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize
Narratives play a central role in our ability to make sense of the world. However, some lived experiences resist narrativity. Influenced by Raymond Carver’s short story ‘Why Don’t You Dance?’, my drawing seeks to describe, rather paradoxically, an ineffable experience of surreal human connection. Combining the literal and abstract, I use my mark making to express the tension found in articulating in-between moments of intangible meaning that one couldn’t (and most probably can’t) explain.