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The calls for removal and protests around these monuments are not only about sculptural representation in the public community.
This became impossible with the local municipality, he said.
Galanins work often centers on erasure.
His decision to protest and subsequently remain in the exhibition was about fighting erasure.
This year marks the250th anniversaryof Cooks voyage to and discovery of Australia.
In using archaeology as an art medium, Galanin is contradicting that definition of discovery.
Still, theres more work to be done.
Shadow on the landis open on Cockatoo Island through September 6.
