Ararat Gallery TAMA will welcome the works of Wadawurrung artist Kait James this August, in what will be her most ambitious solo exhibition to date, Kait James: Red Flags.
The exhibition showcases a collection of reappropriated racialised souvenir products, primarily created for non-Indigenous tourists between the 1950s and 1980s. These items-including tea towels, screen prints, large-scale fabric collages, ceramic wall figurines, and felt pennant flags-each represent their own "Red Flags" through known or unknown iconography.
Since beginning her career in 2018, Kait James has carved out a practice of subversion. James' work, now renowned for its political commentary and pop culture references, is exemplified by her textile practice including embroidery, found imagery, and the reinterpretation of language.
On creating the works and themes for the exhibition, Kait James said "This has been an experience! I've explored Creation stories, contentious icons of Australia, political pathways, languages lost and found and have uncovered underlying truths of travelling and visiting Country for tourism without knowledge.
"My new works are to be studied by the visitor, and I encourage a second look at each one, as an invitation to dive deeper into culture, Country and conversation."
Kait James: Red Flags opens at Ararat Gallery TAMA on Saturday 2 August 2025, featuring an artist talk from 2pm to 4pm. To register for this free event, please visit the Ararat Gallery TAMA website.
The exhibition runs daily, with free entry, until Sunday 16 November 2025.
Kait James: Red Flags is a Warrnambool Art Gallery exhibition, curated by Aaron Bradbrook and touring nationally with NETS Victoria. Kait James is represented by Neon Parc.
This project has been supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Visions of Australia program as well as receiving development assistance from NETS Victoria's Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
