Coasters | Mid Century Modern | Tony Albert

A gift packaged set of four corkboard coasters, featuring works from Tony Albert's Mid-Century Modern series.

"There was something quite metaphoric about the ashtray and the Australian condition attached to Aboriginal people. What does it actually mean to butt out a cigarette on someone's face and someone's culture?".

Albert has been collecting these kinds of items, which he calls 'Aboriginalia', since he was a child. Growing older, he realised a sinister undertone attached to them, forming the basis of this work. "I kept returning to the image of an ashtray and the ashtrays themselves; I felt they warranted a work in their own right.”

Details
Set of 4 corkboard coasters
Packaged in an acetate box
10 x 10cm / 3.9" x 3.9"

Artwork details
Mid Century Modern - Return to Innisfail, 2016 pigment print on paper 120cm x 120cm, edition of 3
Mid Century Modern - Aboriginal Art, 2016 pigment print on paper 120cm x 120cm, edition of 3
Mid Century Modern - Snake, Fish, Shield, 2016 pigment print on paper 120cm x 120cm, edition of 3
Mid Century Modern - Aboriginal Corroboree, 2016 pigment print on paper 50cm x 50cm, edition of 2

All works - copyright Tony Albert