Brook Andrew (born 1970 in

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) is an Australian

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Brook Andrew portrait in studio 2015 15cm

Work

Andrew has exhibited internationally since 1996. His work focuses on Western narratives, especially relating to

colonialism Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their relig ...

in the Australian context, and consists of interdisciplinary works, video, sculpture, photography and immersive installations. In 2014 he worked closely with the collections of the

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and Museo Nacional de Antropología for the exhibition ''Really Useful Knowledge'' at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, to create an immersive installation, ''A Solid Memory of the Forgotten Plains of our Trash and Obsessions'', reflecting on Spanish, British and Australian history and colonialism. In 2015, Andrew created ''The Weight of History, A Mark in Time'' at

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in Sydney, incorporating Aboriginal art with modern landscapes and architecture. Andrew was awarded a 2017 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship and completed a term as a Photography Residencies Laureate at Musée du quai Branly, Paris, investigating the relationship between the colonial photographer and the sitter. His other research includes an international comparative three-year

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grant called ''Representation, Remembrance and the Monument'', responding to calls for a national memorial to Aboriginal loss and the frontier wars. Andrew and his collaborator Trent Walter will complete Australia's first official government-supported memorial to the frontier wars, where

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and Maulboyheener, the first two Aboriginal men to be hanged in Melbourne, will be installed adjacent Melbourne Gaol. In 2018, Andrew was announced as the Artistic Director of the 22nd

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for 2020. NIRIN, the title of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney translates to ‘edge’ in

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, the language of Andrew’s mother. As artistic director of this Biennale, Andrew exhibits and celebrates not only Australia’s indigenous cultures but also those of First Nations artists and communities from around the world. As the artist has explained, 'I am interested in challenging the narratives around what sovereignty means for Indigenous peoples, and other alternative narratives, not just around Indigeneity.'

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20160515234941/http://www.brookandrew.com/bibliogaphy/

External links

* Artists from Sydney Australian Aboriginal artists Living people 1970 births Wiradjuri people {{Australia-artist-stub