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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 7 May 2019 of The Conversation est. 2011 The Conversation
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The Merger - a Sports Film as a Vehicle for Social Change, Craig Batty , single work column

'Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In a new series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen.'

For Aboriginal Artists, Personal Stories Matter, Louise Martin-Chew , single work column

'In the recent Julian Schnabel film about Vincent van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate, Vincent asserts, “I am my painting”. The lives of certain artists are often viewed popularly through the prism of biography.

'But in the contemporary art world, this perspective is not celebrated. Many art historians argue that the life of the artist should be viewed independently of the art. Indeed in Australia, suggests art historian Dr Sue Best, “This reductive [biographical] approach sheds almost no light on the art, except in some very unusual circumstances”.' (Introduction)

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