Nga Tai Whakarongorua / Encounters: Te Patu Kowaiwai Kiritangata Ki Toi Te Papa / The Portrait Wall at Toi Art, Te Papa - Softcover

Rice, Rebecca; Williams, Matariki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995113653 ISBN 13: 9780995113657

Verlag: Te Papa Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

The portrait wall in Toi Art, the art gallery within New Zealand’s national museum,Te Papa, is the most popular art exhibition for museum visitors. Hung salonstyle on dark red walls, its 36 arresting portraits span historical portraiture tocontemporary practice, and represent mana. Some trumpet the status of Europeanroyalty, Maori leaders, or prosperous colonial settlers in New Zealand. Othersadvertise the skills of the artist. All carry stories from the past into the present.This handy book details each work in both English and te reo Maori and is theperfect souvenir of a visit to Te Papa and an ideal starting point for exploringquestions of art, identity, and cross-cultural exchange.

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Dr. Rebecca Rice is Curator Historical New Zealand Art at Te Papa. Her current research focuses on nineteenth-century female botanical artists, the visual culture of the New Zealand Wars, and the impact of impressionism on New Zealand artists at home and abroad. Matariki Williams (Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Hauiti, Taranaki) is Pou Hitori Maori Matua | Senior Maori Historian at Manatu Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and History. She interested in the depth and breadth of matauranga Maori and te ao Maori and how this contributes to a diverse contemporary Maori society. Her research interests include contemporary social history, art, and digital expressions of self and culture. As an arts writer, her writing has featured in frieze, Art in America, Pantograph Punch, The Spinoff, and e-Tangata. Matariki is also a Trustee for Contemporary HUM.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Te Papa Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0995113653
• ISBN 13: 9780995113657
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 111
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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