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Mata Aho Collective’s collaborative work with senior Māori artist Maureen Lander done for the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art show at the Auckland City Gallery has been selected as a finalist in the year’s Walters Prize.
The collective, which includes Erena Baker, Sarah Hudson, Bridget Reweti and Terri Te Tau, have dramatically reimagined their work Atapo for the prize.
Over its 20-year life, the biennial prize has become a major showcase for New Zealand contemporary art.
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art wows audiences at Auckland Art Gallery
Fiona Pardington, Davis Kea Wings (above), 2015. Courtesy of the Artist and Starkwhite, Auckland.
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.- In the largest exhibition ever presented by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art offers insights into the development of Māori art from the 1950s to the present day. The first major exhibition of its kind in nearly 20 years, Toi Tū Toi Ora is informed by a Māori worldview, and includes more than 300 artworks, exploring cultural histories, Māori knowledge, identity and place.