Claire Sargent
missing the point, what was the promise, is this all, are u being real, 2026
Charcoal, conte crayon, and ink on paper toned with grey-brown wash
50cm x 76cm (four works)
Artist statement
This project explores a desire to be real. It considers the way we separate ourselves from our lives and community through documenting and archiving in real time, whilst simultaneously longing for connection and humanity in the hyperreal. Through personal archive, appropriated text, and layering this work reflects on being raised in the age of images.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
