Richard Bell : matter of fact

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Wirri man Bruce McLean of the Birri Gubba nation is Associate Curator, Indigenous Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. He writes in detail about the complex art practice of Richard (or is it Richie) Bell and his T-shirt wearing, scholarly reading and artworks in many media that confront Australian mores with reference to the Black Panthers and proppaNOW.

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