Running until October 19: “Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir” brings together Albert’s work across sculpture, photography, installation, painting, and assemblage alongside major new commissions. The exhibition takes inspiration from the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s location on Sydney Harbour at Tallawoladah and the surrounding precinct, The Rocks – a profoundly significant site of early colonial contact, now synonymous with tourism and souvenir culture. It considers the commodification and misrepresentation of Aboriginal people and culture, both historically and today, while celebrating survival and cultural pride.
“Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir” is guest curated by renowned Indigenous curator Bruce Johnson McLean (Wierdi people) and has been developed in close collaboration with the artist (Girramay, Kuku Yalanji and Yidindji peoples).
Tony Albert, Not a Souvenir #1, 2025, © The Artist, Courtesy of MCA Australia and Sullivan+Strumpf, Photo by Aaron Anderson
Tony Albert, David C. Collins, Renisha Ward-Yates and Brittany Malbunka Reid, Warakurna Superheroes #9, 2017, © The Artists, Courtesy of MCA Australia and Sullivan+Strumpf
Tony Albert, Brothers (The Prodigal Son) I, 2020, © The Artist, Courtesy of MCA Australia and Sullivan+Strumpf, Photo by Mark Pokorny
Tony Albert, Optimism #5, 2008, chromogenic print, © The Artist, Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Tony Albert, Mid Century Modern, 2016, © The Artist, Courtesy of MCA Australia and Sullivan+Strumpf, Photo by Mark Pokorny
