MARS is delighted to share Damien Shen's exhibition, My Cuzzy Nate and the 654 Club, at Adelaide Central School of Art open until 31 October, 2025. The exhibition draws together moving image performance work and analogue photography to explore storytelling, magic, and Aboriginal excellence and optimism.
The exhibition features 52 analogue tintype photographs, created and hand-etched by Shen. The regal face cards feature historic images of Aboriginal men and women, adorned with Shen’s Ngarrindjeri motifs.
Additionally, Shen has designed a custom set of playing cards, released as a limited collector’s edition. Each card carries the artist’s distinctive patterning and motifs, extending the imagery of the tintype series into an object of play, exchange, and collection.
