Meretoto – Wero

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.

Lines Composed a Few Metres above High Water, Meretoto Ship Cove
Gregory O’Brien

Plain Song – High Summer
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JS Parker

Gothic Series II
Roy Good

Gothic Portal II
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Roy Good

Small Fry under a Night Sky – Kawakawa with Galaxiidae
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Bing Dawe

Sharing the Dry – Corokia with Mudfish
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Bing Dawe

New Summer, Te Henga I
Don Binney

New Summer, Te Henga II
Don Binney

Protected Passage 2
Gerda Leenards

Coming to Life
Robyn Webster

Breath
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Robyn Webster

Study for the Ploughed Field
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JS Parker

Small Plain Song – Evening Light
JS Parker

Tug and Barge
Michael Smither

Red Fern
Nigel Brown

Sun Shines
Nigel Brown

Bush Hut
Nigel Brown

Tuna Ma
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Michel Tuffery

Tuna Kakariki
Michel Tuffery

Sunset Kererū
Nigel Brown

Hue Puanga Whetū, Return to Tonga
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Michel Tuffery

Cloudy Bay – Vernon Lagoons
JS Parker

Shared Infinity
Robyn Webster

Pilot Boat Passing Tukurehu Is
Gerda Leenards

As Pan Slept, Marama Slipped Away
John Walsh

Coastal Traces
Euan Macleod

Navigational Aids/Waihi
Gregory O’Brien

Tributary
Macleod, Euan & O’Brien, Gregory

Let’s leave her to her silent walks
Kathryn Madill

Form of Nature – Pūriri
Jim Wheeler

Hybrid Whio 3.1
Brad Novak (New Blood Pop)

Hidden Depths
Graham Bennett