Summary

Poster featuring an illustration of a nineteenth century clipper ship, entitled 'Australia Says Stop the Boats! To Avoid Aboriginal Genocide Stop Great Britain's Illegal Migration to Australia,' It was produced by artist Peter Drew in 2016, a project which commenced in 2013 as a result of the political rhetoric during the Federal election which frequently referred to 'stopping the (refugee) boats' arriving in Australia. The posters have also appeared in Australian city streets.

Peter Drew is an Adelaide-based cross-media artist whose street art has raised his profile both as artist and social commentator.

Physical Description

Brown paper poster with mostly upper case text printed in black ink. At centre of poster is a sailing ship with yellow sails on blue ocean.

Significance

This set of posters by Peter Drew represents a significant and high profile community artist grassroots response to issues relating to refugees, racism and national identity. The posters have been highly visible and provocative interventions on the walls of Australian city streets. Drew's work has had a national presence, and been interacted with via imitation, graffiti, and layered forms of commentary.

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