Meretoto/Ship Cove - encounters 250 years on
Neil Pardington, Denise Copland, Michel Tuffery, Nigel Brown, Barry Cleavin, John Walsh
19 November to 13 December 2019
Leading fine artists respond to Meretoto (Ship Cove), 250 years on from first encounters between Māori and Captain James Cook. They explore concepts of received histories, connections with Tupaia, ideas around motifs of colonisation. More details below.
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Waimakiriri
Wayne Seyb
Wayne Seyb
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Carved by Sun and Wind
Wayne Seyb
Wayne Seyb
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Purau Swalllows
Wayne Seyb
Wayne Seyb
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Singing the Blues (ii)
Claire Beynon
Claire Beynon
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Signs and Wonders (ii)
Claire Beynon
Claire Beynon
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In Touch with Ice (i)
Claire Beynon
Claire Beynon
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You Belong
Robyn Webster
Robyn Webster
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He Belongs
Robyn Webster
Robyn Webster
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In Touch with Ice (ii)
Claire Beynon
Claire Beynon
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Listenting to White with Avo Part
Claire Beynon
Claire Beynon
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Plain Song, Earth Surfaces
JS Parker
JS Parker
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Putting Down Roots is Planting a Seed I
Robyn Webster
Robyn Webster
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Putting Down Roots is Planting a Seed II
Robyn Webster
Robyn Webster
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Putting Down Roots is Planting a Seed III
Robyn Webster
Robyn Webster
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Putting Down Roots is Planting a Seed IV
Robyn Webster
Robyn Webster
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Road Signs for a Highway Without End, Like, Niue
Sold
collaborative works Greg O’Brien and John Pule
Sold
collaborative works Greg O’Brien and John Pule
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Time and Tide Table – Days of Sail and Paper Bark, Whalesong and Footfall on Remote Islands
collaborative works Greg O’Brien and John Pule
collaborative works Greg O’Brien and John Pule