Darren Sylvester b. 1974

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Video Artist)
Sylvester's multi-disciplinary artistic practice encompasses photography, video, sculpture, text and painting. His choreographed photographic images are rendered with intense, glossy clarity. Themes in his work include relationships, emotions, urban alienation and the passing of time..
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exhibited at
Project 12: This is not a Love Song
Date
7 February 2012 - 10 March 2012
Place
Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
2012 Studio 12 Exhibition
Date
2012
Place
Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
What’s in a Face? Aspects of portrait photography
Date
24 September 2011 - 5 February 2012
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of 45 portraits spanning 160 years from the gallery’s collection, of both Australian and international photographers.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mortality
Date
2010
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund
Date
2006
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/lightsensitive/
exhibited at
Primavera
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Dylan Rainforth (6 October 2009), '‘He’s Only Just Begun’', The Age, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Ian Houston (6 March 2008), '‘Mister Sylvester, He Not Dead’'.>, <ExternalResource: Wendy Walker (2008), ''Sylvester and the cool aesthetics of (good-natured) melancholy’'.>, <ExternalResource: Stewart Hawkins (2008), '‘Life’s deep-felt banality’'.>, <ExternalResource: Alasdair Foster (2006), ''Darren Sylvester in Conversation with Alasdair Foster’'.>, <ExternalResource: Chris Beck (22 April 2006), '‘Double Exposure’'.>, <ExternalResource: Edward Colless (2006), 'The Right Stuff’'.>] [<ExternalResource: Dylan Rainforth (6 October 2009), '‘He’s Only Just Begun’', The Age, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Ian Houston (6 March 2008), '‘Mister Sylvester, He Not Dead’'.>, <ExternalResource: Edward Colless (2006), ''The Right Stuff’'.>, <ExternalResource: Chris Beck (22 April 2006), ''Double Exposure’'.>, <ExternalResource: Alasdair Foster (2006), ''Darren Sylvester in Conversation with Alasdair Foster’'.>, <ExternalResource: Wendy Walker (2008), ''Sylvester and the cool aesthetics of (good-natured) melancholy’'.>, <ExternalResource: Stewart Hawkins (2008), '‘Life’s deep-felt banality’'.>]