Tau Ana

See the Exhibition: Digital Marae 360° (204 KB) Exhibition (964 KB) Education Kit (1.5 MB PDF)

22 December 2003 – 15 February 2004

Lisa Reihana, Hemi Mcgregor, Reuben Paterson – The art museum ends the year with a glittering exhibition by three new wave Maori artists and completes a cycle of exhibitions in the current year by three senior Maori artists, Shona Rapira Davies, Diane Prince and Robyn Kahukiwa.

te kete tuaatea, 2003, neon, wood, aluminium, Hemi Macgregor

Hinepukohurangi, 2001, colour photograph on perspex, Lisa Reihana

Lisa Reihana, Nga Puhi, Ngati Hine, Ngai Tu re-interprets her Digital Marae installation for this exhibition and provides a linking context between the works of Paterson and Macgregor.

Hemi Macgregor Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tuhoe extends his work for his MA thesis with three dimensional multi media works based on Maori mythology and Maori theology.

Reuben Paterson Ngati Rangitihi, Tuhoe - works are multi media moving digital images to be exhibited in the contemporary gallery. Reuben says "I am working with a guy called Jed Town who was once in the punk band Fetus Productions. We are filming my glitter paintings and digitally reorganising them into kowhaiwhai patterns that swim around the room. My inspirations are the books by Peter Gossage and the stories of Maui and his attraction to 80's space invader games"

This is the first exhibition in a public gallery in Northland for all three artists.

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