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Waitangi Wahine on walls

Two powerful new exhibitions have been installed at the gallery to commemorate the 176th signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Emily Karaka’s work Settlement and a group exhibition entitled Waitangi Wahine consider tino rangatiratanga and what it means post-treaty.

Multi-media exhibition Waitangi Wahine features five Mana Wahine artists, all with reputations for pushing boundaries: Robyn Kahukiwa, Linda Munn, Suzanne Tamaki, Tracey Tawhiao and Andrea Hopkins.

Waitangi Wahine curator Chriss Doherty-McGregor from Expressions Whirinaki Arts and Entertainment Centre (Upper Hutt) says the exhibition is very provocative and showcases some of the most reputable Māori woman artists in New Zealand.  “Essentially this group of work is in response to the impact of the Treaty and its effect on Maori today. It makes you think about the treaty and what it means, and what it has meant for us a nation, both Māori and Pakeha. Together the artists featured here provide political statements on this debate, on the significance and status of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s founding document and the intention, spirit or principles of the Treaty.”

Painter Emily Karaka’s expressionist style is characterised by vibrant colour and heavily applied paint. She has focused on humanitarian and environmental issues, notably the Treaty of Waitangi. Passionate, expressive, gritty, challenging, simultaneously celebratory and confrontational - these are words that often describe her work.

In recent years Karaka's paintings have become less overt in her political message and more optimistic, reflecting the vitality of Maori contemporary society, which she describes as “our new dawn”. While the work still deals with issues such as loss of language, disempowerment and land loss, the outlook is more confident and the approach more considered, with a focus on reviving and maintaining matauranga Maori [Maori knowledge systems].

Waitangi Wahine and Settlement will open on January 30, and remain in the gallery until 3 April; River Seeds will be performed in the gallery, once on February 6 at 6.30pm, and twice on February 7, 2.30pm and 6.30pm. Tickets are ‘pay what you like at the end of the performance’, but as spaces are limited please book by phone on 871 5095, or email hastingsartgallery@hdc.govt.nz.

Events: Artist’s Floor Talk – Emily Karaka

11am, Saturday 6 February 

4 October 2017

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