Turrangka...in the shadows brings together a decade of practice by acclaimed multidisciplinary artist James Tylor. Tylor’s practice unpacks the histories of colonisation and its profound impact on Indigenous cultures as informed by his heritage comprising Nunga (Kaurna Miyurna), Maori (Te Arawa) and European (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch and Norwegian) ancestry. His expansive practice combines historical and contemporary photographic processes, exploring the complexities of cultural identity and relationships to place, in particular to the Kaurna Country of South Australia.

This extensive survey features Tylor’s renowned daguerreotypes, expansive digital photographic series, and handmade Kaurna cultural objects. The exhibition calls attention to Tylor’s enduring interest in the Becquerel Daguerreotype, a 19th-century photographic process to which he has returned throughout his career. These works consider the contested role of the daguerreotype in representations of Indigenous peoples, recontextualising this unique process to interrogate colonial records and generate a new archive of pseudo-historical images.

Nuno’s Southern Hospitality will be serving up great coffee, sandwiches and tasty comfort food with a hometown Texas flair Thursday-Sunday during the exhibition.

The gallery store stocks Numbulwar Numburindi Arts handwoven baskets and an extensive range of ceramics from local Mornington Peninsula ceramicists including Vicki Randell, Jupiter Ceramics, Sandi Faulkner and Lynne Bechervaise.

There's a school holiday programs for kids, opening weekend artist and curator talks, and a new series of art-making workshops on Mondays, including printmaking, weaving, sculpture and painting. Visit the website to find out more.

Image: James Tylor, (Deleted scenes) From an untouched landscape #14, 2013 (detail). Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper with hole removed to a black velvet void. Courtesy the artist, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne and N.Smith.Gallery, Sydney. Copyright the artist.

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