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Be Deadly - NORFORCE
Tony Albert2012-2013
Australian War Memorial
Canberra, Australia
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to be attached to the Army's Regional Surveillance Force North West Mobile Unit (NORFORCE).
'I saw the recruits as everyday superheros' they had this incredible power...they wanted to stand up in their communities and be proud and strong.' [Tony Albert, March 2013]
Within the Indigenous community the word 'deadly' is used to describe something that is good, amazing, the best. In an exuberant tribute to the young recruits he worked alongside the artist has created the ultimate NORFORCE recruitment poster.
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Details
- Title: Be Deadly - NORFORCE
- Creator: Tony Albert, Official artist to NORFORCE 2012
- Date Created: 2012-2013
- Physical Dimensions: 140 x 100 cm
- Provenance: acquired under the official war art scheme 2013
- External Link: For artist biography and more collection items, Interview with Tony
- Medium: acrylic, collage elements and mixed media print with silver leaf on paper
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