If you know Eyre Peninsula you will most likely know how this exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists got the name Tough(er) Love. Wild, desolate and remote, Eyre Peninsula is a hard place to make art. Not because of what it is, but because of where it is, so far from art schools, galleries and viewers. Artists work in isolation in more than one sense of the word.
It’s been two years since 12 artists from different backgrounds and mediums were selected to explore the meaning of making art in conditions many artists would find difficult and confronting. Theirs is a tough love affair with art, making it and having access to it. Out of that adversity, comes Tough(er) Love, curated by author, art writer, critic, reviewer and leading educator John Neylon.
