The idea of ‘Aussie’: refugees, images & citizenship
Australian Academy of the Humanities 2024-06-20
Summary:
First appearing in 2016, artist Peter Drew‘s ‘Aussie’ posters have become a familiar part of Australia’s urban streetscape. They offer a simple, striking visual formula, showing photographs of non-white people stamped across the bottom with the large word ‘AUSSIE’ – affectionate slang for ‘Australian’. The subjects were born or lived in Australia during the early […]
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