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Defying Empire: National Gallery of Australia’s Indigenous Triennial paints unvarnished history

“It just says it all on the bottle. Not to be taken. Power to remove.”

A portrait of his grandmother, whom he never met, sits between depictions of cleaning products White King and Vanish in Blak Douglas’ triptych.

Blak Douglas 1a Rohan ThomsonOn the floor in front of them lies a series of highly polished stickers scanned from a tin of floor polish, bearing the name “Piccaninny” and…

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