Brook Andrew

First Nation'sMuralSculpture

11 Sept

Written By Jules Richardson

Location

Sydney, Australia

Mediums

mixed media, inflatable objects, wall mural, collage, timber, brass, glass, plastic, paper

Artist Info

Brook Andrew's interdisciplinary art practice is driven by the collisions of intertwined narratives, often emerging from the mess of the “Colonial Wuba (hole)”. His practice is grounded in his perspective as a Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal Indigenous person of Australia. Brook's artworks, museum interventions, research, leadership roles and curatorial projects challenge the limitations imposed by power structures, historical amnesia and complicity to centre and support Indigenous ways of knowing and being through systemic change and yindyamarra (respect, honour, go slow and responsibility).

Brook presents his artwork in Australia and internationally, with research-based museum and public space interventions, and Wiradjuri language being central to his practice. Brook’s museum interventions began in 1996 with Dispersed Treasures at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. The use of Wiradjuri language began shortly after, evident in early works such as Ngajuu Ngaay Nginduugirr (I see you) (1998), an installation combining photographic print and neon text. In 2017, Brook’s artistic career was recognised with a large-scale, immersive solo exhibition – Brook Andrew: The Right to Offend is Sacred at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Projects include The National 4: Australian Art Now (2023), Campbelltown Arts Centre; No Feeling is Final: Solidarity collection of MOCA Skopje curated by WHW (What, How and for Whom), Kunsthalle Wien, opening April 2023; Liverpool Biennial 2023 uMoya: The sacred Return of Lost Things opening June 2023; and a video installation at Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) opening in August 2023; a new multi-channel video, live performances and installation GABAN (2022) in YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal, Gropius Bau, Berlin; solo exhibition ngaay ngajuu dhugul birra (to see my skin broken) (2022), Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris; GABAN: Gunmetal Grey (2022), a solo at Roslyn Oxley 9, Sydney; and participation in Sharjah Biennial 15:Thinking Historically in the Present (2023).

-brookandrew.com

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