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Teaspoon exhibition invites new reflections on Australia's past

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Two giant tea caddies and a giant teaspoon sit on the walls of a gallery, next to wooden boxes containing descriptive text.
Simon Normand's Teaspoon Colony exhibition highlights lesser-known histories, including First Nations creation stories featuring mermaid and mermen.  (Supplied: Australian Galleries)

Artist Simon Normand began collecting teaspoons during lockdown, which sparked an exploration of how Australia selectively commemorates certain towns and individuals in its kitsch teaspoon art.

From this, Teaspoon Colony was born: an exhibition that aims to highlight dark stories and lesser-known heroes from our past.

Guests:

Simon Normand, sculptor, printmaker, painter and photographer

Richard Collopy, Gadubanud elder based in the Otways near Victoria's Surf Coast

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