Troy-Anthony Baylis: I wanna be adorned exhibition blurb
Through a powerful assemblage of objects entwined around notions of the body or adornment, this exhibition delves into the textile practice of Troy-Anthony Baylis, a descendent of the Jawoyn people of the Northern Territory. The artist traverses disparate sources, from high to low brow and the ground in between – spanning literature, pop music, op shops and haute couture – to imagine a new language and reality; a technicolor dreaming of his own making. Borrowing from all things, including its title from the 1989 song by The Stone Roses, I Wanna Be Adored, the exhibition suggests an alternate dimension, one that embraces incongruity to celebrate the body, sexuality, Indigeneity, pop culture, art history and queer aesthetics.
The exhibition features serial works dating from 2006 to present, including new iterations and multi-component sculptural works, as well as a new series of appliquéd weavings.