Philip Juster

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Philip Juster (1952-2004) was an Australian gay artist who worked across various media and came to prominence in Sydney during the 1990s. Art critic John McDonald describes him as a figure "whose interests defied the stereotypes ... Juster showed an early taste for politics, declaring himself a Maoist while still at Clontarf High School. Throughout his life he would have an abiding interest in the culture of China, India and South-East Asia, and later the Pacific Islands. This found its way into his paintings and collages through extensive appropriations ... as his political convictions became less ferocious Juster adopted a more satirical, irreverent approach. In this, he claimed to be influenced by the Punk movement, Dada, and Andy Warhol, once memorably described as 'the nothingness himself'. Juster may also have been affected by his long-term partner, Peter Blazey (1939-97), a larger-than-life character who defied all categorisations. Their relationship broke down in the early 1990s" [1].

In 2023, his work was shown in the exhibition 'Being Boring: More Dead Gay Artists', curated by Robert Lake at Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney.

[1] John McDonald, "Jim Anderson/Philip Juster", 26 February 2011.

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