Author: Justin Clemens, Juliana Engberg, Julie Ewington, Andrew Jensen, Marielle Soni (eds.)Tomislav Nikolic is an Australian abstract artist whose work is in numerous collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Chartwell Collection at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. The book "Invocations of consciousness" is a first survey of the impressive oeuvre of Australian artist Tomislav Nikolic. Includes essays by Justin Clemens, Juliana Engberg, Julie Ewington, Andrew Jensen, and a conversation between the artist & Marielle Soni.“There is a lot of libido in the works of Tomislav Nikolic. An excess of desire which throbs and pulsates—palpitates—like some disco night atmosphere full of adrenaline and exaggerated lust. No!, you say. Nikolic’s works are exquisite, beautiful, serene, transcendent, mystical, spiritual. Yes, ok they are, but they are also a bacchanal, carnival and a mardi gras; a late night in a mosh pit when things get loose and hyperventilated. They are all — everything. Yet restrained. Constrained, tamed and framed within a limit so that the libido’s extravagance can be managed and harnessed to gain the maximum effect.” — Juliana Engberg.ISBN 9789463937344. Tomislav Nikolic. hb. 216 pages. full colour. 22 x 27 cm.available
