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The National Gallery of Victoria presents the first major Australian solo exhibition of the Melbourne artist, whose work references African studio photography, family archives, Catholic imagery and science fiction, while paying tribute to the myths and traditions of Dinka Bor culture in South Sudan.

Passage: The Art of Atong Atem will run from Friday until 14 June at the Ian Potter Centre in Federation Square. Entry is free

Keeping it real: the vivid photography of Atong Atem – in pictures

Ego 2, from the Ego series, 2019

Atong Atem is an Ethiopian-born, South Sudanese artist living in Naarm/Melbourne.…