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Self portrait, 2021 (On loan to The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK) -
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The making of The Darkness of Enlightenment.
Here, James takes us through the process of creating The Darkness of Enlightenment, his new series of daguerreotypes for Ceremony that explores 19th century European recordings of Kaurna language and culture during the British colonisation of the Kaurna nation in South Australia.
1. Exposing the silver plate to iodine gas to make it light sensitive.
2. Exposing the daguerreotypes using the contact printing method.
3. The Becquerel developing method of exposing the daguerreotype in the UV light of the sun.
4. Heating the daguerreotype with a blowtorch during the gold guilding to stablise the image.
5. Heating the silver plate during the gold gilding process.
6. Inspecting the finished daguerreotype, before sealing the image behind museum glass.
7. Sealing the silver plate of the daguerreotype behind glass.
8. Looking at the polished silver plates.
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Recent museum exhibitions.
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4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony
National Gallery of Australia | Touring Nationally 26 Mar 2022 - 12 May 2024'Ceremony is testament that our culture has survived – not only over the many thousands of years but, particularly, the last couple of hundred years – because of its capacity... -
James Tylor: From An Untouched Landscape
George Eastman Museum | USA 15 Jan - 5 Jun 2022In his artistic practice, James Tylor highlights under-told and often unseen histories of Aboriginal peoples. The landmass now known as Australia has been known by many names to many distinct... -
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State
Art Gallery of South Australia 4 Mar - 5 Jun 2022Warpulyainthi is a site specific artwork that responds to the 2022 theme, Free/State. South Australia prides itself on being a ‘free state’ where no convicts were settled or used for...
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