How art teaches you to approach the unfamiliar
Daniel Connell |
TEDxUbud
• May 2018
What is the role of art in bringing change to society? How can the act of drawing a portrait combat intolerance? In this poignant talk, visual artist Daniel Connell shares his understanding of how art has been at the center of his work in advocacy for migrants and displaced people in Australia and India.
Daniel’s art is large-scale, often ephemeral, public, and naturalistic. With his portraits he looks into exploring the relationship between artist and subject. The most important relationship of all. As Thomas Carlyle said: “Portraits are small candles which allow biographies to be read.“