Titled Brook Andrew: Eye to Eye, the exhibition highlighted the scope of Andrew’s diverse practice, encompassing photography, printmaking, sculpture and neon installations.Īndrew’s research in museums and theme parks, particularly the collection from the Musee Des Confluence, Lyon and his exhibition THEME PARK at AAMU, The Netherlands in 2008–09, inspired one of his best known works, the (full-size) Jumping Castle War Memorial (2010) exhibited as part of the 17th Biennale of Sydney in 2010. In 2007-2008 the first major survey exhibition of Andrew’s works was held at Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Sydney and The John Curtin Gallery, Perth.
By co-opting the tools of advertising, the media, museums and Wiradjuri language and culture, Brook Andrew’s art challenges the limitations imposed by power structures, historical amnesia, stereotyping and complicity. work with archival material has created debate and new thought surrounding contemporary philosophies regarding memory, its conceptual and visual potency linking local with international histories.
Apart from drawing inspiration from public media and found archival collections, Andrew travels nationally and internationally to work with communities and museum collections to comment and create new work reflecting objects, concepts and local thought. Using historical documents as a form of ready-made, Andrew shares an ambivalent relationship with the concept of the archive. Incorporating traditional studio practices with optical patterns, historical documents and traditional design elements, and language drawn from his Wiradjuri heritage, Andrew’s practice broadly critiques power structures and the representational paradigms that underpin colonialism, unravelling its legacies in the realm of contemporary culture. Image courtesy the artistīrook Andrew is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Melbourne. Brook Andrew, Flowchart (detail) 2011, rare postcards, sapele and neon, 283 x 449.5 x 8.5 cm.
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