La Prairie art award: photographer Atong Atem wins inaugural $80,000 prize - The Guardian

3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago
by Kelly Burke
by Kelly Burke
Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist upturns the dehumanising lens of Eurocentric art history with her joyous and vivid work
A new $80,000 art prize for Australian women has been awarded to a former refugee whose work exploding in colour is a response to colonial oppression. Atong Atems vivid photographic portraits have e… [+2900 chars]
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