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Thursday 16th April, 6pm - 8pm, at the ART SHED, 10 Crispe St, Ciccone
An event to commemorate the debut award winning novel Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo.
This literary romance explores the collision of art and gaze, desire and consent, muse and meaning.
Join us for a conversation with the author and other panelists on how we relate to the body, art and gaze.
Following the presentation there will be two short sessions of life drawing available from 7pm.
Tickets are $10 and capacity is limited. Book your tickets via https://events.humanitix.com/author-event-life-drawing-by-emily-lighezzolo
About the book:
Winner of 2025 Queensland Literary Award.
Judges' Comments:
‘Moving and insightful, Life Drawing picks up on contemporary debates about bodies, control and volition.’
An award-winning and provocative novel about women's bodies, sex, autonomy - and the power of the image.
Hypothetically, would you want to live forever but invisible, or a short life seen? Hypothetically, would you give up wine forever or sex for ten years? Hypothetically, would you show a friend someone else's nude?
Maisie and Charlie meet at a life-drawing session as undergraduates- she's the model, he's an artist. Their immediate connection carries them across two decades as they navigate the slippery dynamics of friendship, estrangement and family.
Maisie's story is every woman's, and Emily Lighezzolo's bold debut interrogates the collision of art and gaze, desire and consent, muse and meaning. This is a love story. At its core- a woman's body - seen, touched, loved, hated, commodified and reclaimed. Life Drawing is an award-winning and unflinching novel for our times.
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