TE HURINGA/ TURNING POINTS
PAHEKA COLONISATION AND MAORI EMPOWERMENT
AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE FLETCHER TRUST AND SARJEANT GALLERY TE WHARE O REHUA WHANGANUI
15th February 11 April 2010
Te Huringa – the Turning Point Pakeha Colonisation and Maori Empowerment (to give it its full title) is a major exhibition of New Zealand art and artistic responses to a new social order, and consequent reclaiming of old values, as viewed by contemporary artists in the mid to late 20th century. Described eloquently as ‘like a travelator back though a pictorial history of Aotearoa’ Whangarei Art Museum is proud to be able to bring this highly important exhibition to Northland on the ‘final leg’ of its national tour. Many thousands have visited the exhibition all over New Zealand - 42,000 in Wellington alone.
The exhibition has been supported by the Fletcher Trust (and Angus Fletcher in particular whose father Sir James Fletcher began the art collection), Te Puni Kokiri and Maori Television, indicating its cultural significance. Prestigious art museums such as the City Gallery Wellington, Christchurch Art Gallery, and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery have hosted the exhibition which contains works by many of the most important artists of their era. Spanning two centuries from the post-Contact period these include Augustus Earle, Nicolas Chevalier, John Louis Steele and Charles Goldie, Sir Horatio Robley, Russell Clark, Colin McCahon, Gordon Walters Ralph Hotere, Robyn Kahukiwa and Shane Cotton and many many more... »
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The Whangarei Art Museum opened in June 1996 in an historical arts and crafts building in beautiful Cafler Park adjacent to the cultural amenities of Forum North Theatre and the conservatory and Fernery. The museum is the public gallery of the district and the only public gallery in Northland.
The art museum is the permanent home of the city art collection which embraces both heritage and contemporary art work. The art museum is also the venue for internally curated and national touring exhibitions - designed to showcase the full diversity of creative art practice in New Zealand and Northland.
