Robert Campbell Junior
Robert Campbell Junior (* 1944 in the Burnt Bridge Aboriginal Mission in Kempsey ; † 1993 in Kempsey) was an Aborigine who became known as a painter through critical portrayals of racial segregation and the dispossession of Aborigines in Australia .
Life
He grew up in Kempsey and worked as an adult in various jobs in Sydney and as a seasonal worker in Kempsey on the north coast of New South Wales . There he first painted for tourists and local exhibitions. Campbell was interested in the history of racism and colonialism in Australia in post-war society and dealt with the history of the Aborigines.
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In 1987 Campbell founded the group Kempsey Koori Artists with other artist friends . He exhibited in numerous exhibitions, such as in Melbourne in 1987 "A Koori Perspective", 1989 "The Continuing Tradition" at the National Gallery of Australia, 1989 "L'ete Australia" in Montpellier , 1990 "Tagari Lia: My Family" in Glasgow , Swansea and Manchester in 1990 and 1992 "I Shall Never Become a White Man", Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. In 1995 he showed 'Living the Dreaming' at Kempsey School.
Examples of his work can be seen in the National Gallery of Australia , the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney , Artbank Collection , Campbelltown Arts Center , Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Queensland Art Gallery .
His best-known picture from 1986 shows the Aboriginal tent embassy from 1972 in Canberra in front of the Old Parliament House . In this picture he showed the white people naked with clearly visible esophagus and presented them from the perspective of the Aborigines The political theme of the tent embassy was the reference by political Aborigines to their land rights, which they have largely been denied to this day.
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Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Campbell, Robert Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian artist, Aboriginal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kempsey , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1993 |
| Place of death | Kempsey |