Michael Cook’s works depict an ethereal dreamworld, a timeless place that traverses both the colonial and contemporary worlds and is sustained on ‘what ifs’ and hypotheticals. It is a place of Cook’s own modern Dreaming. His central question is quite simple: what if the British, instead of dismissing Aboriginal society, had taken a more open approach to their culture and knowledge systems? This all-Aboriginal world is a sort of utopia where questions can be posed and answered without the complication of race — there is no black and white, no right or wrong. The figures within them are both conquerors and conquered. Through the use of images of Aboriginal people, often in roles opposite to the stereotypical, Cook ensures that an Aboriginal voice is ever-present. In APT7, Cook presents a suite of new photographic works.

The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is QAGOMA's flagship international contemporary art event, and the only major exhibition series in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia.

APT7 continues the series' forward-thinking approach to questions of geography, history and culture and how these questions are explored through the work of contemporary artists. APT7 also marks the twentieth anniversary of the APT, presenting an opportunity to reflect on the unprecedented transformations that have occurred in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

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Michael Cook, Australia b.1968, Bidjara people Qld / Civilised #2 2012 / Inkjet print on paper, ed. 5/8 / Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist

The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) / Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia / 8 Dec 2012 – 14 Apr 2013

Source: QAGOMA APT Archive

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Bruce McLean (Host)

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