JAMES TYLOR IN EXCITING SOLO EXHIBITION OPENING NEXT YEAR AT ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Turrangka…in the shadows surveys over a decade of James Tylor’s practice and brings together the most comprehensive selection of his unique daguerreotypes, expansive digital photographic series, hand-made Kaurna cultural objects and furniture.

The exhibition title is drawn from a Kaurna word, highlighting a significant ongoing aspect of Tylor’s practice: the learning and sharing of his Indigenous language. As well as shadow, turra also translates to reflection, image and mirror.

These photographs provide a glimpse into Tylor’s broader practice of recreating Kaurna cultural artefacts, architecture and ephemera. Antiquated analogue photographic processes including Becquerel daguerreotypes and hand-tinting are also used to generate a new archive of pseudo-historical images. Tylor’s recreations point to the absence of these images from the hegemonic depiction of colonial Australia’s visual history.

Presented in partnership with the University of New South Wales. Vivien Anderson Gallery proudly sponsored the publication Turrangka… in the shadows, which is available at the gallery.

Turrangka…in the shadows
31.O7.2O26 — O1.11.2O26
Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5OOO

Image: James Tylor, (Vanished Scenes) From an Untouched Landscape #1O, 2O18, inkjet print on hahnemuhle paper with hole removed to a black velvet void, 25 x 25 cm.