Author(s): Robert Lake (Photographer); Phillip Jacobs (Artist); Philip Juster (Artist); David McDiarmid (Artist); Bill Morley (Artist); Jasper Havoc (Artist)

Photography & Art | Australian/Aotearoa

Being Boring: More Dead Gay Artists is an exhibition zine for a show curated by Robert Lake, who returns to presenting work by his friends who are no longer with us: Phillip Jacobs, Philip Juster, David McDiarmid, Bill Morley and a single work by Jasper Havoc.

“We were interested in nature, art, politics, men, music, drugs, sex and dancing. From the 1970s, we made our own art, clothes, mixtapes, entertainment – creating our own world in what would become known as Sydney’s gay ghetto.”  

This inaugural title from queer publisher Omo Books documents an exhibition at Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (4 February to 4 March 2023). Robert Lake gives some anecodotes about the lives of each of the dead gay artists.

February 2023