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Alison Alder is a visual artist whose work blurs the line between studio, community and social/political art practice. Her formative years as an artist were spent working in the political poster making workshops of Megalo (Canberra) and Redback Graphix (Wollongong/Sydney) where she was co-director from 1985 – 1993. The next major period of her art practice was spent working within Aboriginal organizations, primarily in Tennant Creek (NT) but also in Nganmarriyanga (NT) and Wankatjangka (WA). Alison received an International Year of Tolerance Fellowship from the Australia Council in recognition of her work toward social justice and equity through art practice.

Alder’s exhibition 'Outback’ resituated the classic outback iconography of Russell Drysdale and Sidney Nolan within a contemporary context. The conceptual framework of 'Outback’ has carried into her recent exhibitions 'Carcass’, 'Cutting History’ and the Intervention series.

Writers:

Alison Alder

Date written:

2012

Last updated:

2012