© Collection of Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
© Collection of Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
1) The Island I; 2) The Island II
Brook Andrew
- Art Funded
- 2008
- Dimensions
- Each 250 x 300 cm
- Vendor
- Tolnaro Galleries
These two paintings are on a spectacular scale and are based on images from an album in the Museum's collection.
The album contains photographs of drawings derived from important natural history and ethnographic investigations in the 1850s. Andrew wants to bring forgotten representations of Aboriginal people and culture out of archives and into public view. His presentation of the historic image is a contemporary reproduction at first glance. However the treatment of the paintings accentuates scarring and wear, implying something lost, damaged, and rediscovered.
Provenance
The artist.