Brisbane based artist of Bidjara heritage, Michael Cook chronicles an Indigenous couple with a white child navigating the Central Australian desert in a fictionalised reversal of his own childhood....
Michael Cook: Fake
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Michael Cook: Invasion
Michael Cook places a creative eye on Australian colonial history, u-turning the dominant view and reversing racist practices imposed on Aboriginals....
Olive Cotton Award 2021 winner announced
Congratulations D-Mo, winner of the 2021 Olive Cotton Award for her portrait Vice Versa (2021), a work that is not only technically strong but also emotionally evocative....
2021 Olive Cotton Award finalists announced
The Olive Cotton Award is a $20,000 biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture in memory of photographer Olive Cotton. This year, a total of 72 finalists have been selected from a record 605 entries....
Michael Cook: Natures mortes
For ‘Natures mortes’, Michael Cook turns to the art-historical tradition of still life; choreographed arrangements of plants, animals, objects and food filled with potent symbolism and inky darkness....
The Burning World
‘The Burning World’ presents photographic works from four leading Australian artists to draw upon colonial histories, fact and fiction, to consider natural landscapes as an amorphous political state....
Michael Cook: Livin’ the dream
With the images in his new series, 'Livin’ the dream', Michael Cook imagines the impact of dislocation and the inequality with which Australia continues to live. ...
Andrew Baker Art Dealer
In his new series ‘Livin’ the dream’, Michael Cook imagines the impact of dislocation and the inequality with which Australia continues to live. Explore the exhibition via a 3D virtual tour....
Celebrating Culture: Contemporary Indigenous Art
‘Celebrating Culture: Contemporary Indigenous Art’ explores themes of identity, colonisation, personal history, community and the diversity and richness of a significant cultural heritage....
Michael Cook: The Mission
‘The Mission’ by Michael Cook traces the journey of an Aboriginal woman from her homeland to a Christian mission where she arrives in handcuffs....
2018 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize finalists
Themes and subject matter in the The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize resonate with issues dominating our society and culture....
Michael Cook wins Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016
From 625 entries and forty finalists, 'Mother – Tennis' (2016) took match point, winning this year's Sunshine Coast Art Prize....