NgÄ Kaihanga Uku
NgÄ Kaihanga Uku is a New Zealand collective of MÄori Clayworkers. They formed in 1986 during a NgÄ Puna Waihanga (MÄori Artists and Writers collective) gathering, under the leadership of Baye Riddell and Manos Nathan.[1] Founding members also include Paerau Corneal, Colleen Waata Urlich and Wi Taepa.[2]
Contemporary MÄori clay artists
NgÄ Kaihanga Uku was formed to support the growing use of clay within MÄori based art practices in the 1980s.[1] Although customary MÄori society was not a ceramic culture, the intrinsic properties and physical relationship of clay being from the earth offered MÄori clay artists a new avenue through which to portray MÄori lives and knowledge. Hineahuone for example, who is considered to be the first human, was formed by clay at Kurawaka.[3] As Wi Taepa states, ‘Clay is more than an artistic material, it is a blood relative. Working with it requires an understanding of the genealogical links between humanity and PapatÅ«Änuku (earth).[1][4]
Selected exhibitions
- 2013-4 Uku Rere: NgÄ Kaihanga Uku & beyond Pataka Art + Museum, Whangarei Art Museum: Te Manawa Toi, The Suter Art Gallery: Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Waikato Museum: Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, Tairawhiti Museum: Te Whare Taonga o te Tairawhiti, and Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science + History, Palmerston North.[5]
- 2003-5 NgÄ Toko Rima NgÄ Kaihanga Uku. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Tinakori Gallery, Wellington.[6]
- 1998 Uku! Uku! Uku! International Festival of the Arts, Wellington.[7]
- 1994 Kurawaka The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt.[3]
Publications
- Kedgley, H. Nicholas, D. (2013) Uku Rere: NgÄ Kaihanga Uku & Beyond’’. Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua City.
- Urlich, Colleen Waata. (2009) Nga Kaihanga Uku: National Collective of MÄori Clayworkers’’ Dargaville NZ.
References
- 1 2 3 Kedgley, Helen; Nicholas, Darcy (2013). Uku Rere: NgÄ Kaihanga uku & Beyond. Porirua City: Pataka Art + Museum.
- ↑ "NgÄ Kaihanga Uku". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- 1 2 Urlich, Colleen Waata (2009). NgÄ Kaihanga Uku: National Collective of MÄori Clayworkers. Dargaville: C. Urlich.
- ↑ "PapatÅ«Änuku - the land". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Uku Rere". Toi MÄori. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ Smith, Huhana; Solomon, Oriwa; Tamarapa, Awhina; Tamati-Quenell, Megan; Heke, Norm (2007). Taiawhio II: Contemporary MÄori Artists 18 new conversations. Wellington: Te Papa Press. ISBN 9780909010096.
- ↑ McPherson, Heather; King, M; Evans, J; Nunn, M (1992). Spiral 7: a collection of lesbian art and writing from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Dunedin: Spiral. ISBN 0908896247.
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