During the first and second
world wars, Aboriginal women knitted jumpers to provide warmth
for the troops, and Troy-Anthony has reintroduced this visual
language, albeit into highly contemporary new forms. The knittings
have painterly qualities that extend boundaries of both knitting
and painting. They are also transportable to international contexts;
others of these series have been constructed in Australia, Thailand,
Canada, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom and also
exhibited in solo exhibitions in Berlin and Essen (Germany),
Melbourne and Adelaide.
Rafael von Uslar observes: "Both in motive and composition,
Baylis' Sunsets reference a famous model, Warhol's print
series Sunset 1972. They depict what is a serial event
by nature, a great drama that unfolds every day, naturally finding
a new and, by no means, singular form for a well-established
choreography upon each occurrence. Baylis picks up on this formal
pattern and the clear definition of layers of colour. His choice
of material guarantees the softness and his choice of colours
creates equally radiating images. The knitting process, however,
creates a surface structure that Baylis highlights, emphasising
it by incorporating surface pattern. This establishes a focus
on the object and sculptural aspect of the pieces, but it also
alludes to painterly qualities. The loops that develop in knitting
create a vivid visual structure that, in this context of woollen
object as image, is somewhat reminiscent of a structure of visible
brushstrokes. It creates an almost regular consistent pattern,
one that would have to be familiar from impressionist and even
more so, postimpressionist painting".
Troy-Anthony Baylis' Sunsets reveals a contemporary vision
of art that results from an exploration of identity and observations
of evolving visual culture. Troy-Anthony Baylis is part of a
generation of Indigenous artists who are redefining the diversity
of Aboriginal cultures in Australia. |
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8 Sunsets, 2007
knitted acrylic |
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3 Poles (1,2 and
3) Diorama, 2006
Installation detail from the exhibition Rosafarbene Sonnenuntergange
/ Pink
Sunsets, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany. 15 October 10
December 2006
Photo: Mark Fuller |
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Troy-Anthony Baylis
Am an animal and a plant, 2008
knitted and embroidered acrylic, 27 x 13 cm
photo: Mark Fuller
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Troy-Anthony Baylis SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
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Education
2009 -
2001
1999-2000
1997
1993-1995
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PhD Candidate, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia
Graduate Certificate in Management (Arts), University of South Australia
Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Post Graduate, Queensland University of Technology
Honours (Visual Arts), Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Queensland University of Technology
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Solo Exhibitions
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2005
2005
2002
2001
2000
2000
1999
1997
1997
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Room for Chameleons, Artroom5, Adelaide
The Genuine Exhibition, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne
Sunsets, Melbourne City Library Gallery, Melbourne
Sunkiss/Landlove, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya, Adelaide
Warhola Trees, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
Emotional Landscapes & Sunsets, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne
Rosafarbene Sonnenuntergange / Pink Sunsets, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany
Ain't MsBhavin', Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide
megaKYLIEcollection, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Ricky Mortis Southern Death, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide
KABOOBIE improbable princess - 15 years of kylieminology, Miss Gladys Sym Choon, Adelaide
KABOOBIE improbable princess, Satellite Space, Brisbane
KABOOBIE rock n roll nigger, Soapbox, Brisbane
a TROY-ANTHONY BAYLIS room with a BARBARA CARTLAND view, xb, Dayboro, Queensland
Wonder Woman With A Twist, Smith & Stoneley, Brisbane
Emancipating Androgyny, Metro Arts, Brisbane
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2005
2004
2004
2003
2000
2000
1999
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Resonance, JamFactory Contemporary Art and Design, Adelaide
Four Artists, Artroom5, Adelaide
Our Metro Mob, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide
Super+Ego, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide
Our Metro Mob, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide
Petroglyphs, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide
Vein, Kintolai Gallery, Adelaide
Avalon, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
Homostrata, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
The Start Shine Bright, Logan Art Gallery, Logan, Queensland
Topographies, Fireworks, Brisbane
Creativity In The Next Millennium, 5th Baguio International Arts Festival, Baguio, The Philippines
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Selected Performances
2009
2008
2008
2008
2006
2005
2004
2004
2002
2000
1999
1999
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Kaboobie Proud Mary, Upstart Alley VIII, Gasworks Theatre, Melbourne
Kaboobie 3 Tina's, Conference Dinner, Cultural Studies Association of Australia - Futures Conference, Kalgoorlie
Kaboobie Proud Mary, Opening Night Party, Feast Festival, Adelaide
Kaboobie Proud Mary, Opening Celebration, 1st Asia Pacific Outgames, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
Kaboobie Proud Mary, Sistagirls Are Doing It For Themselves, Mercury Cinema, Adelaide
Kaboobie Kylieminologist, megaKYLIEcabaret, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Kaboobie Proud Mary & Walk This Way, Leigh Bowery Project "Nothing Is Taboo", Space Theatre AFCT, Adelaide
Kaboobie Proud Mary, Laugh Yourself Blak!, Adelaide Fringe 2004 HUB, Adelaide
Ricky Mortis KKK & Kaboobie Proud Mary, 2002 International Gay Games, Olympic Park & Hyde Park, Sydney
Ricky Mortis (with Pope Alice), Luke Roberts "Ecce homo: These are our bodies: this is our blood", Artspace, Sydney
Typhoon Kaboobie hits the Philippines, 5th Baguio International Arts Festival, The Philippines
Ricky Mortis (with Pope Alice & Nurse Nancy), Pope Alice: Alien Pope Visits, Livid Festival, Brisbane
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Selected Visual
Culture Publications (as an author)
A Rock And A Hard Place (interview with Gary Carsley) in "Troy-Anthony Baylis: Kiss The Dirt", 2009
Mumthelang: Silk Magic Woman, Muriel Van Der Byl - "My dreaming - past - present - future", Bob Hawke Prime
Ministerial Centre: Kerry Packer Civil Gallery, 22 February - 14 March 2008
The Cover Art of Cover Bands (photo essay with Fulvia Mantelli), Photofile 77, Autumn 2006
Homostrata - Ex. Cat., Artspace - Adelaide Festival Centre, 7 November 2003 - 24 January 2004
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Selected Visual
Culture Publications (as a visual artist)
Wyld, Frances, Kiss The Dirt: Knowing Place in "Troy-Anthony Baylis: Kiss The Dirt", 2009
Carsey, Gary, A Rock And A Hard Place in "Troy-Anthony Baylis: Kiss The Dirt", 2009
Nicholls, Christine, Troy-Anthony Baylis: An Extension To Love in Asian Art News, vol.18, no.1, p66-71, January/February 2008
von Uslar, Rafael, Beknitting in "Sunkiss/Landlove" - Ex cat., National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya, 2007/2008
Nicholls, Christine, Emotional Landscapes and Emotional Sunsets in "Sunkiss/Landlove" - Ex cat., National Aboriginal Cultural
Institute - Tandanya, 2007/2008
Nunn, Louise, Troy's arts puts new spin on close-knit community in The Advertiser, p13, 14 August 2007
Pelipe, Richardo, Avalon: Art and Life of An Apartment Building, Museum of Brisbane & Vanity Publishing, 2005
Mills, David, 'Household Names' in (not only) Blue 53, p8, 2004
Simpson, Anne, Kylie rules OK & Hopelessly Devoted in The Courier Mail: Life, p4-5 & 17, 7 April 2001
Gallagher, Jane, Troy-Anthony Baylis: In Public in Eyeline 43, p51, 2000
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Troy-Anthony Baylis Exhibition 2008
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