Tony Albert’s politically charged kitsch collection confronts our racist past
- Written by Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
Tony Albert Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku Yalanji peoples. Australia Qld/NSW b.1981
Mid Century Modern (series) 2016
Pigment prints | 24 works: 100 x 100cm (each)
Collection: The artist. Courtesy: Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
The collector dreams his way not only into a distant or bygone world but also into a better one.
-Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project.
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