A solo exhibition by Darren Sylvester of a new suite of staged photographs and large neon installation. In these works, like many of Sylvester’s, he negates all sense of authenticity to create a surreal spatial environment of exaggeration, dark humour mixed with a fantasy fiction coating.
NTRO Output Category
- Original Creative Work : Visual artwork
Place
Sydney, NSWVenue
Sullivan+StrumpfNTRO Publisher
Sullivan+StrumpfStart Date
2023-03-23End Date
2023-04-22Medium
photography, neonResearch Statement
The term telegenic pertains to a charismatic moving image portrayal of a person. Could a person be enigmatic on film but perhaps not elsewhere? Sylvester’s 2 Telegenic 2 Die opens up a considered discussion of this 21st century conundrum, asking if the power of the image can incite the everyday object to stray far from reality. The show asks how closely cinematic memories are immersed within our own, and why performative culture elicits such enduring wonder and curiosity.
In this new exhibition, the works, like many of Sylvester’s, negates all sense of authenticity to create a surreal spatial environment of exaggeration, dark humour mixed with a fantasy fiction coating.
New innovation in this exhibition was a fifteen-metre installation of neon that filled the gallery, a new way of installation for myself that then reflected the neon shards all through the framed photographs. In doing so, combining all works to be connected as one.
The exhibition was a great success in terms of Sydney's reaction to media follow up, a many number of interviews were held and podcasts including the Broadsheet Podcast, Sydney,; Sullivan+Strumpf Magazine Article; 2SER radio interview, Sydney. The exhibition went onto sell a many number of works in the show.Size or Duration of Work
series of new staged photographs and neon sculpture
