Troy-Anthony Baylis in conversation with Bryan Andy
Description
To celebrate the release of Troy-Anthony Baylis' Let It Bleed, Troy-Anthony will be in conversation with Bryan Andy.
Troy-Anthony Baylis: Let it bleed represents a long overdue major monograph on the art of Troy-Anthony Baylis, compiling imagery from most major periods of the artist's oeuvre including rarely seen and unpublished images. By doing so the publication draws interconnections between work that spans more than three decades of continuous practice.
The artistic practice of Troy-Anthony Baylis has included performances, videos, paintings, collages, assemblages, photography, knittings, embroidery, artist multiples, costumes, installations, parade floats and more. His work explores a multitude of themes including colonisation, migration, trauma, racism, sexism, homophobia, sadness, reconciliation, dark and seemingly self-deprecating humour and unbridled joy.
Often employing a bold use of colour and typography, the artist references pop-culture, art history, and queer aesthetics across a range of disciplines including visual art, cinema and literature. In addition to art making, their creative practice sometimes involves curating, publishing writing and presenting public talks.
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Troy-Anthony Baylis
Troy-Anthony Baylis is a descendant of the Jawoyn people from the Northern Territory and also of Irish ancestry. He was born in 1976 and has been creating works of art since 1993. His multifaceted artistic practice is founded in the process of 'queering' and unsettling 'traditional' ways of representing Aboriginality. The artistic practice of Troy-Anthony Baylis has included performances, videos, paintings, collages, assemblages, photography, knittings, embroidery, artist multiples, costumes, installations, parade floats and more. His work explores a multitude of themes including colonisation, migration, trauma, racism, sexism, homophobia, sadness, reconciliation, dark and seemingly self-deprecating humour and unbridled joy. Often employing a bold use of colour and typography, the artist references pop-culture, art history, and queer aesthetics across a range of disciplines including visual art, cinema and literature. In addition to art making, their creative practice sometimes involves curating, publishing writing and presenting public talks. Photo: Sam Roberts
Bryan Andy
Bryan Andy [he/they] is a Yorta Yorta - Yullaba Yullaba man from Cummeragunja. He identifies as gay. He has been a writer, radio broadcaster and theatre maker for over 20 years and has been published by Lonely Planet, Guardian, Meanjin, ABC, Witness Performance and Artlink. Bryan performed as an actor in Andrea James’s Yanagai! Yanagai! (2003) and Ilbijerri Theatre’s The Dirty Mile (2014). In 2023, Bryan was Dramaturg for the Griffin Theatre/Blakdance development of swim by Ellen Van Neerven. In April of this year, the critically-acclaimed work VIGIL, co-written by Bryan with Patricia Cornelius, Sahra Davoudi, Kush Kuy, Samah Sabawi, and produced by Outer Urban Projects was presented at the Arts House, Melbourne. Bryan holds a Master of Theatre (Writing) from Victorian College of the Arts/ University of Melbourne.
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