Vaughan Wozniak O’Connor

Born 1985, Westmead
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graduation show: 2003
Graduation ceremony: 2004

Artwork in Space YZ

Advanced Drawing 1, 2002
Ink on etching paper
Diptych, 56 x 76cm each

Advanced Drawing 1 (detail), 2002

The works exhibited in Space YZ are part of a sequence, which was part of Advanced Drawing I, taught by Rhett Brewer.  I have mixed feelings about UWS as an art school. It was not necessarily a Bauhausian wonderland. Nevertheless, it had three important qualities: it allowed lower middle class kids to get an education, there was ample space and we had the time to experiment. These qualities are increasingly rare, both in the visual arts and university sector more broadly. In considering what is required for culture to flourish, it is these factors: money, space and time.