Ngā Tai Whakarongorua | Encounters: Te pātū kōwaiwai kiritangata ki Toi Te Papa | The portrait wall at Toi Art, Te Papa - Softcover

Rebecca Rice; Matariki Williams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995113653 ISBN 13: 9780995113657

Publisher: Te Papa Press, 2021

Synopsis

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 salon-style on dark red walls, its 36 arresting portraits span historical portraiture to contemporary practice, and represent mana. Some trumpet the status of European royalty, Māori leaders, or prosperous colonial settlers in New Zealand. Others advertise 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 Māori and is the perfect souvenir of a visit to Te Papa and an ideal starting point for exploring questions of art, identity, and cross-cultural exchange.

About this title

About the Author

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 (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Hauiti, Taranaki) is Pou Hītori Māori Matua | Senior Māori Historian at Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and History. She interested in the depth and breadth of mātauranga Māori and te ao Māori and how this contributes to a diverse contemporary Māori 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Te Papa Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0995113653
• ISBN 13: 9780995113657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112