Through the appropriation of famous paintings, artist Brandi Salmon is creating positive depictions of Aboriginal people in art in her studio in the hills of Hobart.
Negative representations of Aboriginal people in artworks by artists who are not Aboriginal is how the proud Wiradjuri woman first found inspiration, in particular a 19th-century painting that depicts an Aboriginal person as a servant waiting in the presence of Captain James Cook.
It led to the creation of a series of works celebrating Aboriginal people titled The Aunty Collection.
