Remember me when the sun goes down by Cyrus Tang

Cyrus Tang’s latest exhibition is a continuation of her exploration of presence through absence. Drawing on her personal experiences of 2020, Tang seeks to find images that address our collective experience. As a master of other worlds and of transforming the everyday, Tang has created hauntingly beautiful composite digital images, each one focussing upon a single recurrent motif, that reconstruct and make permanent shifting cerebral states.

© Cyrus Tang. Melbourne City, 2020, archival pigment print, 90 x 135cm.
© Cyrus Tang. Melbourne City, 2020, archival pigment print, 90 x 135cm.

E-mail the gallery (mail@arc1gallery.com) to access the viewing room for Remember me when the sun goes down.

The video below provides an insight into how Tang produced her work for the exhibition.

© Cyrus Tang. Burwood, 2020, light box and layers of backlit clear film, 35 x 40 x 11cm.
© Cyrus Tang. Burwood, 2020, light box and layers of backlit clear film, 35 x 40 x 11cm.

About the artist

Cyrus Tang has been shortlisted for numerous prestigious prizes including the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong (2021); the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art (2020); and the Olive Cotton Photography Award, Tweed Regional Gallery (2019). In 2020, Tang was awarded the McClelland National Sculpture Prize.

Tang has been recognised by public institutions and exhibited as part of TarraWarra International 2017: All that is solid, curated by Victoria Lynn; Book Club, curated by Meryl Ryan, at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery; and Fictitious Realities at The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, curated by Robert Lindsay. Her works have been shown across Australia and internationally, including Finland, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, France, China and Sweden.

 

© Cyrus Tang. Power Cables, 2020, archival pigment print, 90 x 90cm.
Shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, 2021
© Cyrus Tang. Power Cables, 2020, archival pigment print, 90 x 90cm.
Shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, 2021

 

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April

Canberra: 27 Feb until 20 July 2025. The National Library has invited renowned Australian photojournalist Mike Bowers to select some of his favourite images from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

Brisbane: Until 13 July 2025. Amateur Brisbane photographer Alfred Henrie Elliott (1870-1954) extraordinary images lay dormant for decades until they were discovered only recently. This exhibition is curated by seven Brisbane photographers.

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

May

Sydney: 15 May – 19 October. Showcasing 100 incredible images, this remarkable exhibition offers a window into the astonishing variety of life on our planet – and the critical importance of preserving it.

Perth: From 31 May – 28 Sept 2025. Featuring 85 works from three major series – Deep Springs, Overpass, and Cross Country – the exhibition spans twelve years of Contis’s evolving photographic practice.

June

Melbourne: June 5 - 16 August 2025. The explore the history of Alan Adler's photobooths and their cultural significance, alongside visual stories told by the community.

Adelaide: 7 June – 16 August. Drawn from the National Portrait Gallery collection, this photographic exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance.

Melbourne: 7 June – 31 August. Protest is a Creative Act seeks to address issues around the body, sexuality, race, national identity and the environment.

Canberra; June 19 - July 12 2025. The River Report is a five-day map of when a normal Yitilal (wet season) turned into a major disaster and the local inhabitants were once again displaced.