Wiradjuri artist Amala Groom says that her art is a way for her to voice her opposition to the Bill.
"This is the public speaking," she said.
"This is the only way we can participate in what is a participatory democracy. These are the only ways according to this system that we can have a voice."
Ms Groom’s works are a response to the process currently being undertaken by the Federal Government, in which the community is invited to submit responses to the Freedom of Speech (Repeal of Section 18C) Bill, which was released in draft form in April.
The government has received 5,500 submissions from the community about the proposed changes to Section 18C, but the Attorney-General is refusing to make any of them public.
Under the proposal, the government plans to remove the prohibition on offending, insulting or humiliating individuals or groups because of their race or ethnicity.
In one artwork, Ms Groom has printed submissions to the draft legislation on reams of toilet paper. In another work, titled ‘Brandis’, she has created a shelf loaded with real submissions.
The works are among those on display at Redfern's Damien Minton Art Gallery.
"I don't want to live in a world where hate speech is lawful and permissible and I don't think that a lot of people in society do,” Ms Groom said.
She says she decided to proceed with exhibiting the artworks, despite receiving legal advice that the use of the submissions - that have not been published on the attorney-general department's website - could be in breach of the Parliamentary Privileges Act of 1987.
A breach of the act could attract a 6-month jail term and/or a $5,000 fine.
"I'm prepared to go to jail for it, sure," she said. "If I don't have my beliefs, I have nothing."
Works by Dhungatti artist Adam Hill, also known as Black Douglas, are also on show at the exhibition.
The work contains wall hangings featuring black dolls pinned to painted canvases.
The gallery’s director, Damien Minton, said the work at first might seem innocuous but does make a powerful statement.
“What he wanted you to do, and it’s typical of Black Douglas, is for you to refer to the image but then refer to the title," he said.
Another work is titled, “We named him Nutella.”
"As a white middle-class male, that is pretty scary, to think that my forebears – not long ago – would have been using a term like that."
