In Conversation :: Rachel Arndt and Justene Williams
5.15 - 5.45pm Fri 11 May
Events Space
Rachel Arndt (Gallery Programs & Touring Exhibitions Manager, Museums & Galleries of NSW) will interview Justene Williams about The Curtain Breathed Deeply, a major touring exhibition curated and developed by Artspace, Sydney and touring nationally in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW. The exhibition will transform the entirety of Lismore Regional Gallery into an intentionally chaotic, immersive and interrelated sequence of installations. Her largest and most ambitious undertaking to date, The Curtain Breathed Deeply will seduce visitors into and through a series of hypnotising sets and video installations abounding in sensory overload and cacophony.
Justene Williams lives and works in Sydney. She is known for her lavish, sensorial work that combines live performance with multifaceted, handmade sets, sculptural elements and video installation. She has exhibited widely throughout Australia and internationally including most recently at the 20th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, 2016.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Eternal circling of a present whole, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, 2016; No Mind, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, 2015; Handbag Hammer Meditation, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, 2013; She came over signing like a drainpipe shaking spoon infused mixers, a public work for Christchurch Art Gallery, 2013; Turnstile Heaped on Pour Down, St Paul St Gallery, AUT Auckland University, 2012; and BIGHEAD GARBAGEFACE GUARDS GHOST DERR SONATA, Contemporary Project Space, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009.
Selected group exhibitions include: Performa 15, New York, 2015; Playtime, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013; We used to talk about love, Balnaves Contemporary: Photomedia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013; Contemporary Australia: Women, Gallery of Modern Art | Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2012; New11, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2011; Short Sharp Shocks, Barbican, London, 2011; and Adelaide Biennial, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2010.
Her work is held in numerous collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, National Gallery of Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She is represented by Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
.png)
smnall_web.jpg)
_web_small_2.png)
