This exhibition ‘unpacks the notion of memorabilia and memorialisation of Cook: what has been kept of Cook, recorded, photographed, souvenired, named and remembered in Australia in the 250 years since his landing, and examines how contemporary and First Nations artists have responded to the symbol of Cook and empire to generate change,’ says Robert Reason, Museum Director, The David Roche Foundation.
Works by Christian Thompson, Gordon Bennett, Daniel Boyd and Ben Quilty are on view, alongside works from public and private collections.
Ali Gumillya Baker, Mirning people, Australia born 1975, Sovereign Fleet (black), 2013, Australia, photographic print on archival paper, 157.5 × 107cm. On loan from the artist. Courtesy the artist and The David Roche Foundation House Museum, South Australia
The David Roche Foundation House Museum
30 January to 29 May 2021
South Australia
