Colonial inversions and parliamentary takeovers: the strange, surreal photos of Michael Cook – in pictures

<p><a href="https://www.perimeterbooks.com/products/michael-cook-conditioned?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8e1f35ca6&amp;_ss=r">Conditioned</a> takes a retrospective dive into Bidjara artist Michael Cook’s oeuvre of layered, stylised photographs, prising open the space between Indigenous and European perspectives and experiences</p><p><em>• </em><a href="https://www.perimeterbooks.com/products/michael-cook-conditioned?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8e1f35ca6&amp;_ss=r"><em>Conditioned by Michael Cook</em></a><em> is out now in Australia ($A65, Perimeter Editions</em>)<br><em>• </em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/18/tarnanthi-festival-australia-first-nations-art-10-anniversary-too-deadly">Tarnanthi turns 10: how a small South Australian festival became a super-sized champion of First Nations art</a><br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/oct/26/michael-cook-bidjara-artist-conditioned-retrospective-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>