Left: Dhulu-ga-rra (guilt), 2022, from the series GABAN: House of Strange, screenprint on metallic foil and Belgian linen, 170.0 × 110.0 cm.
Right: Bunda-nha (photo), 2022, from the series GABAN: House of Strange, screenprint on metallic foil and Belgian linen, 170.0 × 110.0 cm.
Donated in memory of Samantha Pizzi, Michael Butler and Chris Bonney, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris and Brussels; Ames Yavuz Gallery, Sydney, London and Singapore; and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
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new exhibition by acclaimed artist Brook Andrew will open at Museum of Australian Photography this June, bringing together works from the museum’s growing collection alongside a newly commissioned installation.
Titled ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion, the exhibition runs from 6 June to 30 August and marks one of the largest presentations of Andrew’s work at the museum to date. The exhibition launch will take place on 13 June at the museum’s Melbourne site.
Andrew, who is based in Naarm/Melbourne and descends from the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples, has built an international reputation through work that examines archives, museum collections and the ways history is presented. Across visual art, performance and research projects, his practice often questions institutional narratives and colonial collecting traditions.
The exhibition takes its name from the Wiradjuri word “winhangadurinya”, commonly associated with deep reflection or meditation. According to MAPh, the exhibition moves through ideas of stillness, memory and political tension, while asking audiences to consider what is visible, hidden or continually shifting within historical narratives.
Among the featured works is This Year from 2020, a collage-based series created during a period of worldwide disruption. Another centrepiece is GABAN: House of Strange, linked to Andrew’s theatre project GABAN, which explored museum display practices and the treatment of cultural objects.
MAPh Senior Curator Angela Connor said the exhibition reflects several years of collaboration between the museum and the artist.
Connor said the museum had been steadily building a substantial collection of Andrew’s work and that the exhibition was the first opportunity to present those holdings together with a major new commission. She described photography as central to Andrew’s artistic approach, particularly through his use of archival imagery and reinterpretation of historical material.
She also said the exhibition reflected the museum’s ambition to strengthen its role within Australian photography and contemporary cultural discussion.
Andrew’s profile has continued to expand internationally over the past decade. In 2020, he served as Artistic Director of Biennale of Sydney 2020, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to lead the event. He currently holds leadership and academic roles connected to museum practice and Indigenous research, including positions at University of Melbourne and Monash University.
The exhibition is supported by the MAPh Foundation, the MAPh Luminaries donor circle and Haymes Paint.
Brook Andrew is represented by galleries in Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Brussels, London and Singapore, reflecting the international reach of his work and curatorial practice.
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