Brisbane-based artist Justene Williams is staging a major summer takeover at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), bringing large-scale, playful works to the public. Described across outlets as crowded with figures and imaginative forms, her practice includes elements such as unicorns, “jellyfish women,” and walking boats, presented in an exuberant visual style.
Sources also connect the exhibition’s aesthetics to Williams’ background. Multiple articles note that she grew up around a wreckers’ yard, and they frame her art as drawing on that exposure to discarded materials and makeshift creativity. Across coverage, the tone is similarly enthusiastic, emphasizing that her works reject restraint and lean into excess and whimsy. While each outlet uses slightly different phrasing, the overall reporting focuses on the same event: a QAG exhibition in Brisbane featuring Williams’ distinctive, chaotic and joy-filled creations.
