Shifting the difference: Aboriginal artist Tony Albert breaks through silence in ‘Brothers’


Tony Albert describes his provocative, conceptual art as intentionally political and a seed for thought. “I wanted to overturn this negative stereotype, and depict defiant, strong, young Aboriginal men, proudly standing in the face of racism,” he says. Photo: Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

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