A recent series of photographic works with an aesthetic that echoes Dutch Old Master paintings. Cook explores the devastating impact of colonisation on Australia’s First Nations peoples; his narrative broadening to encompass the global repercussions of environmental degradation.

This project received grant funding from the Australian Government.

Michael Cook: Natures Mortes is a feature project of Noosa Alive. 

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Image: Michael Cook, Nature Morte (Ailment) 2021 (detail), inkjet print on paper. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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