Lot 126

Redback Graphix, Sydney 1988
Private collection, Melbourne

Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra; and National Library of Australia, Canberra.

This poster is part of Redback Graphix's collaboration with Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) to raise awareness about the impacts of alcohol in Aboriginal communities. Illustrated in a sequential narrative format, it contrasts traditional life, colonisation, cultural loss, and community resilience. The imagery reflects a politically charged visual language, characteristic of Redback Graphix's commitment to social justice, health advocacy and Aboriginal empowerment. "Beat the Grog" is also connected to The Drug Offensive, a national public health campaign of the 1980s, and serves as a vivid example of activist screenprinting used to promote culturally sensitive health messaging.