CIVILISED #13, 2012

Important Australian Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
17 March 2021
17

MICHAEL COOK

born 1968
CIVILISED #13, 2012

from the series CIVILISED
inkjet print on canvas

160.0 x 140.0 cm

edition: PP 1/1 outside of an edition of 3

signed, numbered and inscribed with title and artist’s thumbprint on artist’s label verso

 

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $56,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 63 - 17 March 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Corrigan Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in November 2012
On long-term loan to the Macquarie University, Sydney

Exhibited

Michael Cook. Civilised, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 9 – 22 December 2012 (another example)
Seventh Asia-Pacific Triennial APT7, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013 (another example)
Michael Cook : hear no... see no... speak no..., Queensland Centre for Photography at The Depot Gallery, Sydney, 14 – 25 May 2013 (illus. on exhibition invitation, another example)
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 1 June – 7 October 2013 (another example)
Episodes: Australia Photography Now, 13th DongGang International Photo Festival, Yeongwol, South Korea, 18 July – 21 September 2014 (another example)
Michael Cook – Civilised, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, 5 – 28 February 2015 (another example)
Mapping Australia: Country Cartography, Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4 October 2015 – 15 January 2016 (another example)
All Dressed Up, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 9 December 2016 – 5 February 2017 (another example)

Literature

Watson, B., ‘Public Works’, The Australian, 31 August – 1 September 2013 (illus., another example)
Emmerich, D., ‘Michael Cook’s ‘What-If’ Retake on Australia’s History’, Write About Art – Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, Queensland, issue 5, 2015
Arcilla, M., ‘Michael Cook. The Skins We Live In’, Vault, Issue 13, February 2016, p. 49 (illus., another example)
Meanjin, vol. 75, issue. 4, summer 2016 (illus. cover, another example)