Cargo Culture draws from the idea of cargo cults - systems of belief that emerge around the arrival of material goods, where objects, such as art, become charged with meaning far beyond their utility.

The works presented in Cargo Culture are drawn from a personal collection consisting of over 100 artworks by artists from across Australia and the globe. They have been accumulated over decades, not by way of a single curatorial thesis, but proximity - through studios, exhibitions, conversations and chance encounters.