Episode 22: What is the value of art?

It’s been said that Art can be a Mirror or a Window to Society. Revealing deep truths about ourselves and reality. And so art plays an important prophetic role in shaping cultural conversations and bringing to life stories, themes and ideas that matter. And so for this episode we’re going to be talking with a couple of talented and thoughtful local artists. Together we chat all things art and culture and want to give you an insight into the life of an artist, and whether we, as a society, place value and importance on the practice and process of creating.

Daniela Gjocaj is an emerging Tasmanian artist and colour specialist, having worked throughout her life in the arts and fashion. Daniela spoke at Tedx Hobart in 2023 on ‘The power of colour and light’. Her bold and colourful artworks invite the viewer to experience, engage and explore all the ways in which colour can impact us.

Nicole O'Loughlin is a PhD Candidate at the School of Creative Arts and Media at the University of Tasmania, where she also lectures. She’s devoted the last few years to researching the impact of arts and creativity on health and well-being with a focus on people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.


Other References

• Male artists overrepresented in Australian galleries and museums, research shows by Kelly Burke in the Guardian (Aus), 30th April 2024
• Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here’s what that could look like by Jo Caust in The Conversation, 2nd May 2022
• Australian artists only earn $23,200 a year from their art – and are key financial investors in keeping the industry afloat by David Throsby & Katya Petetskaya in The Conversation, 7th May 2024
• Real Photographer Beats Out Robots in AI Art Competition by Rhea Nayyar in Hyperallergic, 16th June 2024
• The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
• Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvador Dali...