Tony Albert

Tony Albert (born 1981) is a contemporary Australian artist working in a wide range of mediums including painting, photography and mixed media.

His work engages with political, historical and cultural Aboriginal and Australian history, and his fascination with kitsch “Aboriginalia".

ProppaNOW also included artists Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd, Vernon Ah Kee, Fiona Foley, Bianca Beetson, and Andrea Fisher.

Headhunter (2007),[8] an installation consisted of various objects Albert had been collecting for several years, portrays the past racism in Australia and puts emphasis on "the commodification of Aboriginal people for consumption by the non-Indigenous population, at a time when actual engagements with Aboriginal people were rare and predominantly paternalistic.

[12] The work serves as a memorial to Aboriginal military history and features four large upright bullets and shell casings.