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Keira Jenkins

'Mundane' objects reveal confronting legacy of violence

Kamilaroi artist Warraba Weatherall interrogates how Indigenous cultural property is acquired. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

A child's toy, a filing cabinet drawer, a disc-operated musical instrument and a series of 30 bronze plaques may seem innocuous and mundane, but on closer inspection, they tell a story of violence, racism and injustice.

In his exhibition 'Shadow and Substance', Kamilaroi artist Warraba Weatherall uses these items to examine the ethics of how Indigenous cultural property and information were acquired and how they're displayed in institutions.

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