This First Nations artist wants your racist 'Aboriginalia' – video
Indigenous artist Tony Albert is making a public callout for Australians so-called 'Aboriginalia' – objects ostensibly depicting Aboriginal people and designs, but created by non-Indigenous people and often caricatured or exoticised. More than 3,000 items from Albert's own collection are on display in his solo show, Not a Souvenir, opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney on 21 May. The collection includes tea towels, ash trays and playing cards all depicting Indigenous people
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