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Toi Tu Toi Ora was a wonderful exhibition and this book captures essence of the exhibition
The story of contemporary Maori art from the 1950s to the present day, with more than 200 artworks by 110 Maori artists, this is a powerful, dynamic new book.
Maori art is unique among all art movements, and to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Drawing on centuries of indigenous knowledge and skill, it reflects a Maori
world view, life in this land and the debates that continue to shape it.
Based on the ground-breaking 2020–21 exhibition staged by Auckland Art Gallery
Toi o Tamaki, and edited by the show's curator Nigel Borell, Toi Tu Toi Ora
tells the story of contemporary Maori art from the 1950s to the present day,
with more than 200 works by 110 Maori artists.
From carving to painting, video art to jewellery, body adornment to weaving,
this is a powerful expression of the vast creativity and diversity within Maori
art, linked across time and place through the Maori creation story and revealing
profound connections to whakapapa, to whenua and to the spiritual world.
Every work is illustrated in full colour and described in illuminating captions
that are bilingual in English and te reo Maori. A beautiful foreword by Moana
Jackson and the author's informative introduction share the history of
contemporary Maori art within a kaupapa Maori worldview. These are supplemented
by a comprehensive chronology of contemporary Maori art by the
exhibition's assistant curator Taarati Taiaroa, and detailed biographies for
every artist, written by expert curators and art historians.
This is a major resource on toi Maori for anyone interested in the culture or
history of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Kia maia! This is the art book Aotearoa has been waiting for! It resets the
potential of all our dreams and creates a powerful poutama to the future. –
Witi Ihimaera
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