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Te Papa Wellington

“He Toa Tāera” - Pacific Sisters (Lisa Reihana, Rosanna Raymond, Ani O’Neill, Suzanne Tamaki, Selina Haami, Niwhai Tupaea, Henzart Henry Ah-Foo Taripo, Feeonaa Wall, and Jaunnie ‘Ilolahia.)

The celebration of mane wahine indigenous identity is definitely an obvious theme of the exhibition. you can sense the ambition to push the boundries of society and the constucted norms to find and discover new territories to crate art in its various forms; music, performance and fashion.

You can feel the pride the artists had in their work.

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Te Papa Wellington

“Detour” - Michael Parekowhai

Absolutely love it.

So many people don’t want to admit that they simply do not understand or reveal to others their general ignorance when it comes to art. What is the artist trying to convey? What were they exploring when they set our to create?

Wondering about the gallery was such a joy, I couldn’t stop smiling. Using objects stored in the gallery to create a journey of confusion and I LOVE IT

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Te Papa Wellington

“I want to go to my bedroom but I can’t be bothered” - Lisa Walker

Contemporary archeology. Seeing the journey her art has been on is fascinating. She defiantly forces you to rethink the boundaries of jewellery. Ready made and found objects. The relationship between materials are taken apart and reconstructed in unique ways.

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Christchurch Art Gallery

“Yellow Moon” - He Marama Kowhai

So many weird and interesting displays of art. Not sure if I liked all of them though. The video work of the butter being squished with someone’s hands made me cringe a little but I think that was the point.

The yellow room you could walk into was fun though.

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Christchurch Art Gallery

“Your Hotel Brain” Tony de Loutour

So much to see at once. Lots of thoughts, where do you focus? is there a choreographed intention to the pieces or is it meant to be all encompassing. His work has never been linear in its development, instead loping and swirling back a forth, picking up old ideas and developing them in new context, reworking recent concepts in the light of earlier enquires. The paintings look like his process of thought as in there isn’t an ideal end game which is reassuring to see in work.

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Gow Langsford

“Heroes and Hangovers” - Toby Raive

Love the painting technique, very aesthetically pleasing, pushing and scraping the oil paint across surfaces.

The works sit between representation and abstraction

The explorations of the paint’s materiality is what really fascinate me. The thickness of the paint the fluidity of it’s movement. I’ve never really seen paint being used in this way. Breaking so far from it’s traditional/ classical use of portraiture yet still staying within the same zone.

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