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:
$56,455 (inc. BP)
© courtesy of the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY + dianne tanzer gallery
lot details
signed, numbered and inscribed with title and artist’s thumbprint on artist’s label verso
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)
Related Works
Another example of this print is held in the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane