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Majority Rule (Memorial) 2014
Michael Cook, Memorial, Majority Rule, 2014.
Michael Cook

(Status : Public)
  • Collections

    National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

    National Museum of Australia, Canberra

    Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

    Parliament House, Canberra

    Artbank, Sydney

    Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

    Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

    Artspace Mackay, Queensland

    Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria

    Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane

    Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

    Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland

    Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland

    La Trobe University, Melbourne

    McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne

    Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales

    Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

    Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland

    University of Western Sydney, New South Wales

    University of Wollongong, New South Wales

    The Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney

    Alex Mackay Collection of Erotic Art, Brisbane

    Alstonville Art Collective, New South Wales

    Dr Clinton Ng Collection, Sydney

    Corrigan Collection, Sydney

    Daryl Hewson Collection, Brisbane

    Mather Collection, Brisbane

    TEWRR Collection, Brisbane

    The Bowerman Collection, Brisbane

    The Gene and Brian Sherman Collection, Sydney

    The M Collection, Melbourne

    The Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

  • Solo Exhibitions

    2014 - Majority Rule, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, QLD,

    http://www.andrew-baker.com/Michael%20Cook_Majority_Rule.pdf

    2013 - Here no… See no… Speak no…, Queensland Centre for Photography at The Depot Gallery, Sydney, NSW,

    https://headon.com.au/event/hear-no-see-nospeak-no

    2012 - Broken Dreams, October Gallery, London, UK,

    http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/exhibitions/2012coo/index.shtml

    2012Civilised, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne, VIC,

    http://diannetanzergallery.net.au/?p=3994

    2010 - Through My Eyes, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, QLD,

    http://www.andrew-baker.com/Michael%20Cook_Through%20My%20Eyes.pdf

  • Group Exhibitions

    2014 - 19th Biennale of Sydney: You Imagine What You Desire, Sydney, NSW,

    http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/19bos/artists/cook/

    2014 - Photo LA: The 23rd International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition, L.A Mart, Los Angeles, USA,

    http://www.photola.com/home

    2013 - My country, I still call Australia home: contemporary art from Black Australia, Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD; Auckland Art Gallery (Toi o Tamaki), New Zealand,

    http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2013/my_country

    2012 - The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7), Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2012/apt7_asia_pacific_triennial_of_contemporary_art/artists/michael_cook

    2012 - UnDisclosed – 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide; Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales,

    http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/unDisclosed/Default.cfm?MNUID=6

  • Bibliography

    2014

    Martin-Chew, Louise. “Majority Rule.” In Michael Cook Majority Rule, 4-5. Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2014.

    2013

    McLean, Bruce. “Michael Cook - An Interview.” In My Country I Still Call Australia Home, Contemporary Art from Black Australia, (ex. cat), 82-85. Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art, 2013.

    Dauber, Christine. “Michael Cook: A Singular Vision of Cultural Dissonance.” In Michael Cook: Here no… See no… Speak no… (ex. cat). Brisbane: Queensland Centre for Photography, 2013.

    2012

    Hawker, Michael. “Michael Cook, Civilised.” In The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7), (ex. cat), 104-105. Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art, 2012.

    McLean, Brue. “Michael Cook.” In UnDisclosed 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial, (ex. cat), edited by Carly Lane and Franchesca Cubillo, 44-49. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2012.

    Dauber, Christine. “Michael Cook: Broken Dreams A Journey of Discovery.” In Michael Cook: Broken Dreams (ex. cat), 4-12. Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2012.

  • Articles

    2013

    Gibson, Prue. “Michael Cook.” Art Collector, issue 65, no. 3 (2013): 112-113.

    Wiercinski, Diame. “Michael Cook Civilised.” Artemis, Newcastle Art Gallery Magazine 44, no. 2, (2013).

    2012

    O’Riordan, Maurice. “Mission impossible: The poetic narratives of Michael Cook.” Art and Australia, issue 49, no. 4 (2012): 572-576.

    Warning-Flood, Clive. “Michael Cook: Broken Dreams.” Silvershotz The International Journal of Contemporary Photography 8, no 4, International Edition (2012): 31-42.

    Backhouse, Megan. “Meany layers of meaning.” Art Guide Australia, May-June, (2012).

    O’Riordan, Maurice. “50 Things Collectors Need to Know 2012: 08 Michael Cook.” Australian Art Collector, issue 50, Jan-May, (2012).

    2011

    Dauber, Christine. “Michael Cook – Through My Eyes: A dream of things to come.” Art Monthly, issue 245, November (2011): 24-26.

    O’Riordan, Maurice. “Too Many Cooks? The 2011 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards.” Art Monthly, issue 234, November (2011): 20-23.

    Cubillo, Franchesca. “National Indigenous Art Triennial: Celebrating Contemporary Indigenous Arts.” Artonview, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, issue 68, Summer (2011): 12-15.

    Cubillo, Francesca. “Pretence of Existence: Indigenous art observing history.” Artonview, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, issue 70, Winter (2011):

    Dauber, Christine. “Michael Cook: Through My Eyes.” Eyemazing Amsterdam, issue 03, (2011).

    Baum, Tina. “Michael Cook: Undiscovered.” Artonview, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, issue 65, autumn (2011): 40-41.

  • Awards

    2014 Recipient, Australia Council Greene Street Studio Residency, New York, NY, USA

    http://diannetanzergallery.net.au/?p=5150

    2013 Recipient, ACCELERATE, British Council, London, UK

    http://www.britishcouncil.org.au/programmes/arts/accelerate

    2012 Finalist, 29th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

    http://www.artsandmuseums.nt.gov.au/museums/natsiaa/previous-telstra-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-art-awards/29th-telstra-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-art-award

    2011 Winner, ‘People’s Choice Award’, Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

    http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/WAIAA-2011/wa-indigenous-art-awards.asp

    2011 Winner, Visual Artists of the Year, 17th Annual Deadly Awards, The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards

  • Interviews

    This artist talk was filmed at The Art Gallery of New South Wales in March 2014 for the 19th Biennale of Sydney by ABC Arts Australia.

    http://www.abc.net.au/arts/stories/s3968526.htm

    This artist talk was filmed at the Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art on 8 December 2012 for the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.

    http://tv.qagoma.qld.gov.au/2012/12/05/apt7-michael-cook-artist-interview/

    This artist talk was filmed at Andrew Baker Art Dealer on 2 November 2012 by Silvershotz International Journal of Contemporary Photography as part of Michael Cook’s Broken Dreams Exhibition at October Gallery in London.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzRKVj-hL1w&feature=channel&list=UL

    This artist talk was filmed at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2011 as part of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baEeC_DwRTg

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