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All works for sale unless otherwise noted
All works for sale unless otherwise noted
Tennyson Gallery from 16 September 2016 cnr Tennyson and Hastings Streets, Napier.
At the time showing Ricks Terstappen metal sculptures and Annette Bull ceramics.
At the time showing Ricks Terstappen metal sculptures and Annette Bull ceramics.
Top left Parihaka II SOLD Lower left Parihaka III SOLD Prints are available Prints
I paint because words are not enough. The works express my feelings about Parihaka as an idea, and a pivotal historical chain of events; a deep sense of place: Taranaki, under the mountain, and what it meant and has come to mean. Also the sense that we, in Aotearoa-NZ need to resist peacefully again. Joyful rage.
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Parihaka I, for me is about three men: Te Whiti Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi, who brought people in with their philosophy of non-violent resistance, and Riwha Titokowaru, the one who personally took that philosophy out to the iwi of Taranaki.
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Parihaka II expresses the joy of affinity, of community, of shared purpose, of abundance, prosperity. Parihaka III is the sorrow and pain of desecration, scattering of people, breaking up of community, incarceration and death: he mamae. Parihaka IV is renaissance, the phoenix-like nature of good values, and hope for the future. Defiant, joyful sovereignty. [I am from Ngati Ruanui]. |
Toadhall Backpackers Hostel Napier
October 2014
With Darryl Grant, sculptor of found metal and Erin Collier, photographer.
all rights reserved - by the artists - on all works, images and parts thereof Falling mixed media on canvas Private collection Napier NZ |
Totem II
Mixed media triptych left Darryl Grant's works far left on plinth
http://www.facebook.com Darryl Grant Metal Morphis Erin Colllier
http://www.facebook.com Erin Collier Grey Goose Gallery |
The Tiny Exhibition 27 Tennyson Street Napier
November 2014
November 2014
L to R, and top to bottom:
Totem: Whare SOLD; Totem: Impasse NFS Whare: The Power of Three SOLD; Nga Hau E Wha/The Four Winds GIFTED Totems; Totem: Taranaki SOLD Totems Shoreline II: Ohawe; Shoreline III: Reef Specifically Shoreline |