Justene Williams

Born 1970, Sydney
Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts 
Graduation show: 1991
Graduation ceremony: 1992

Artworks in Space YZ  

Bunny boy 1, 1995
Type C photograph mounted on aluminium
75 x 50 cm
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales – Purchased with funds provided by Anthony Bond, Sydney 2000

Bunny boy 5, 1995
Type C photograph mounted on aluminium
75.6 x 49.9 cm
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales – Gift of Amanda Love 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Bunny boy 6, 1995
Type C photograph mounted on aluminium
75 x 50 cm
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales – Purchased with funds provided by Sandra Ferman, Sydney 2000

Bunny boy 12, 1995
Type C photograph mounted on aluminium
75 x 50 cm
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales – Purchased with funds provided by John Swainston, Sydney 2000

Bunny boy 13, 1995
Type C photograph mounted on aluminium
75.6 x 50 cm
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales – Gift of Amanda Love 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

I made this work a long time ago when I was in love with an artist.

It was the best time, it was a great art school based on an intensive studio model. We worked in a factory unit (Peachtree Studios) next to industry and businesses, which was great when you were short on materials. I still recall Harry Barnett and Terry Hayes’ Flotsam and Jetsam project in first-year and all of the artists and lecturers.

There needs to be another art school today in Western Sydney and other parts of Australia based on the Peachtree Studios model, here and now that is feral, free, prioritises making, materiality, sitting, thinking, doing nothing, playing and space over hot-desking and dollars. Art schools will always cost money and take up real estate. But invest in our nation’s future creative thinkers and invest in art schools.

All images are courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.