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196: 180:(2007), an installation consisted of various objects Albert had been collecting for several years, portrays the past racism in Australia and puts emphasis on "the commodification of Aboriginal people for consumption by the non-Indigenous population, at a time when actual engagements with Aboriginal people were rare and predominantly paternalistic." 526: 210: 653: 678: 673: 234:. The work serves as a memorial to Aboriginal military history and features four large upright bullets and shell casings. He was the 633: 688: 683: 243: 239: 361: 668: 693: 226: 703: 507: 648: 628: 547: 698: 618: 508:"Tony Albert's We Can Be Heroes wins top prize at National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award" 282: 218: 436:"Learning to be proppa : Aboriginal artists collective ProppaNOW - Blak on blak - Artlink Magazine" 454: 122: 56: 624: 409: 481: 663: 270: 102: 614: 594: 254:
Albert's work has been the subject of nine solo exhibitions and over fifty group exhibitions.
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The application of text can also be seen in Albert's photographic work such as
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Albert was a founding member of the urban-based Indigenous art collective
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Like Bell and Ah Kee, the use of text is essential to Albert's practice.
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and Australian history, and his fascination with kitsch “Aboriginalia".
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In 2015, Albert was commissioned by the City of Sydney to create
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https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/28138/
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National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
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Index

Townsville
Queensland
Australia
Queensland College of Art
Installation
mixed media
photography
painting
painting
photography
mixed media
Aboriginal
Townsville
North Queensland
Queensland College of Art
Griffith University
Cardwell, Queensland
Girramay
Yidinji
Kuku-Yalanji
ProppaNOW
Richard Bell
Jennifer Herd
Fiona Foley
Bianca Beetson

Hyde Park, Sydney
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Kings Cross
Yininmadyemi - Thou didst let fall

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