Darren Sylvester Selection
Darren, You Got Us Into This. You Get Us Out.
Everything In Life Depends On Yourself
No Longer Exposed To Problems or Tension
To Help Each Other Physically Is To Help Each Other Emotionally
We Can Do Anything. We Can Go Anywhere |
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Biography and Qualifications
Born Sydney, 1974
Currently lives and works in Melbourne
BA Fine Art Photography, Graphic Design, Charles Sturt University (Riverina), Wagga, NSW, 1996
Description of Work
For some years Sylvester's work has been concerned with exploring young lives: the fragility of relationships, the vulnerability of love and hope for the future. Best known for his high-resolution photograhs, Sylvester's imagery is littered with the detrius of popular culture - music videos, nights out and junk food. By placing such objects in relation to people, Sylvester shows how the most disposable elements of a disposable culture can be embodied with emotional intensity.
Sylvester is an exciting young artist who has achieved considerable critical success in Australia and overseas. For the past three years he has been nominated one of Australia's 50 most collectable artists in Australian Art Collector magazine. His work has recently been featured in several group exhibitions including Perfect For Every Occasion: Photography Today, Heide Musuem of Art, Melbourne; Special Reconnaissance, Gigantic Artspace, New York; Supernatural Artificial, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore and Raised by Wolves, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Sylvester's work is held many collections including The National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Awards & Prizes
Collections
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Selected bibliography
ISRAEL, G, Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 5 and 6, John Wiley and Sons Australia Pty, 2007
NELSON, R, 'All Around this Installation, are Photos of Beautiful Young People, Glamorised by Handsome Lighting', The Age, 5 September 2007
FOSTER, A, 'Darren Sylvester in Conversation with Alasdair Foster', Photofile, 80, Winter 2006, p16
COCKINGTON, J, 'Light on life', The Age, 25 October 2006, p17
CHOW, C, 'Sad Photos Say So Much', The Straits Times, Singapore, 16 June 2006
COLLESS, E, 'The Right Stuff', Australian Art Collector, Issue 36, 2006
BECK, C, 'Double Exposure', The Age, 22 April 2006
SPENCER, R, 'Images With a Message', The West Australian, 6 May 2006
FROST, A, 'Australia's 50 Most Collectable Artists', Australian Art Collector, Issue 35, 2006
GARDNER, A, 'Fuck Me, I'm Famous', NEW06 catalogue essay, 2006
Vitamin Ph, Phaidon Press, London, 2006
BOYD, C, 'In Control of The Remote', Australian Financial Review, 11 March 2006
KERRIE-DEE, J, 'Remote Control', FLASH, Centre for Contemporary Photography, #1, 2006
EDWARD, C, 'Beneath Bland Surfaces', The Australian newspaper, 10 February 2006
BULLOCK, N, 'We Can Love Since We Know We Can Lose Love', catalogue essay, May 2005
ALEXANDER, G, 'Killing Time' Art Asia Pacific, no. 45, Summer 2005
MOORE, C, 'Decoration, Aspiration & Nostalgia', Art & Australia, vol 42 no3, Autumn 2005
CRAWFORD, A, 'Loaded', Australian Art Collector, Issue 32, April-June 2005
O'HEIR, A, 'New Acquisitions', Artonview magazine, issue 43, Spring 2005
The Art Life http://www.artlife.blogspot.com
MARINOVICH, S, 'Ennui Forever', Photofile #73. Summer 2005
HJORTH, L, 'Supernatural Artificial', Art & Australia, vol 42 no2, Summer 2005
KAHN, J, 'Fakery and Fabrication in Photomedia', Artlink, vol 24 # 4 2004
NEWALL, M, 'Tools of Attraction', Photofile #71. Winter 2004
FRENCH, B, 'The Anthropological Impulse', Broadsheet, February, vol 33 no 1, 2004
JUCHAU, M, 'If All We Have Is Each Other, That's OK'. Photofile #70. Summer 2004
KING, N, 'If All We Have Is Each Other, That's OK'. Artlink, review, October 2003
NOLAN, M, 'Commercial Art.' Black+White Magazine, #68. August 2003
LOW, L, 'If All We Have Is Each Other, That's OK.'. Sydney Morning Herald, review, 26July 2003
FOSTER, A, 'Photographica Australis'. Asia Tour catalogue.2003, p30
BUGDEN, E, 'A Painting and a Photograph'. The Physics Room Annual NZ 2002
COOK, R, 'Happiness', Broadsheet, review 2002
REES, S, 'Bittersweet', Art & Text, review, No 78, Fall 2002, p90
GECZY, A, 'Crypto-Realism: Bittersweet.' Art Monthly Australia, July 2002
JAMES, B, 'Mind the banana skin, enjoy the aftertaste.' The Herald Sun, 8 May 2002
GENOCCHIO, B. 'Twitchy Escapist Impulses', The Weekend Australian, 4 May 2002
BOYD, C, 'Shots of Love', Weekend Australian Financial Review, 27April 2002
TUNNICLIFFE, W. 'Bittersweet' catalogue essay. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002
HORNERY, A, 'Taking The Big Picture', Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 2002
PALMER, D, 'Photography and the Art Market', Australian Art Collector, July 2002
STORER, R, 'Look at Me', Photofile #65, May 2002
Artist Profile, Zoo, Issue 12, London, March 2002
Melbourne feature. Zoo, Issue 11, London December 2001
NELSON, R, 'Artists Enshrine the Machine',The Age,10 September 2001
GRAHAM, R. P, 'A Breath Held, A Breath Released', Photofile, April 2001
DAY, C, Happiness, catalogue essay May 2001
PALMER, D, 'Globe'. Web Art Magazine, November 2001
TIMMS, P, 'Excruciating Minutia,' The Age. 9 August 2001
O'MALLEY, N, 'They Look Like Advertising, God Only Knows'. exhibition catalogue, 2001
COSLOVICH, G, 'When Darren Met Tony', The Age, 28 June 2001
LOUGHREY, F, 'E-Motion', Black and White Magazine. June 2001
DENT, N, 'Cold Comfort', Black and White Magazine, December 1999
PALMER, D, Frieze-Contemporary Art and Culture, London, July-August 1999
KENT, R, Primavera catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, 1999
TRAVIS, L, Moving, London Paris Tokyo New York, exhibition catalogue, 1999
FOSTER, M, Arts 21 Magazine,1999
HILLCOAT, M, 'The Hospital Autopsy', Respond Red or Blue, exhibition catalogue, 1998
FRELBERG, F, The Age, 18 Feburary 1997
YAMYUKOLTORN, A, Catalyst Magazine, RMIT, March 1997
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