Brook Andrew
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Brook Andrew is a young Australian visual artist of Wiradjuri and Scottish descent.
His multimedia artwork is conceptual and political; he comments on global and regional perspectives on race, politics, celebrity and capitalism through a photomedia and text aesthetic.
Brook exhibits internationally and has collections in major national galleries. He has produced public art works such as Wilbing (a series of 3 patterned boomerangs) at the Sydney International Airport forecourt, Seven Spears at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Shooting Centre and Rivervisions at the Casula Powerhouse Museum. He is currently studying a PhD at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.
In 2001, he had a residency in New Delhi, India, from where his exhibition, Indian suite, was inspired.
His works include such things as neon lights.
Brook's exhibition, kalar midday (the land of three rivers) depicts a dark, dreamlike landscape inhabited by enigmatic figures, birds and animals.
