Ever since I was a child I loved to draw. And when I went to school I loved to draw things on the blackboard, cartoons and star signs characters. Then when I reached grade four, I started being bullied quite severely by a group of my ‘friends’ because of my love of drawing and art. I was called all sorts of names and for days and sometimes weeks on end they wouldn’t talk to me or ‘allow’ anyone else to talk to me. As a result I stopped making art. This body of work was undertaken at the VCA and is an attempt to reconnect with that fledgling artist and reclaim what was used against me.
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-the-bad-seed.jpg)
bad seed
charcoal and scalpel on paper
1010 X 660
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-dragging-the-cunt-from-the-golden-zone.jpg)
dragging the cunt from the golden zone
oil and acrylic on linen
1010 X 660
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bad seed (in the golden zone)
oil, bitumen, sticks, dirt, piss and shit on paper
1010 X 660
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-jimmy-the-friend.jpg)
enamel , acrylic and oil on linen
1300 X 900
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the stunting of the growth
oil, bitumen, resin on linen
1300 X 900
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-drawing-with-jimmy.jpg)
340 X 140 X 100
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-just-another-day.jpg)
just another day
engraved blackboard
1840 X 1230
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-jimmy-offers-me-a-smoke.jpg)
jimmy offers me a smoke
acrylic on paper (working drawing)
440 X 570
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-who-built-the-wall-was-it-him-or-was-it-me.jpg)
oil on linen
900 X 1300
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-the-fantasy-bleach.jpg)
the fantasy (bleach)
bleach on denim
1510 X 3100
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-the-fantsy-charcoal.jpg)
the fantasy (charcoal)
charcoal on paper
1140 X 2510
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the fantasy (water colour)
water colour on paper
660 X 1010
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the fantasy (water colour small)
water colour on paper
290 X 770