Bird Land: Te Kāhui Manu
The islands of Aotearoa New Zealand were once inhabited by birds. Shrieking, warbling, tinkling, booming. Forest, river, marsh, mountain, ocean, shore—everything charged with their mauri, life force.
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
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Stephanie Oberg
Interview
Made in the Pacific
The exhibition Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga highlights the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms. Curated by Cora-Allan, it includes contemporary works by Louisa Afoa, Serene Hodgson, Jimmy Ma’ia’i, Sue Pearson, Pauline Reynolds, Doron Riki-Semu, and a selection of Pacific tāoga generously loaned by Canterbury Museum, with support from the museum’s curator of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous human histories, Hatesa Seumanutafa. We invited Karen Stevenson and Stephanie Oberg to respond to the exhibition, and to consider some of the issues that arise when presenting customary and contemporary works together.
Exhibition
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania
Experience the Gallery’s collection from the perspective of our place in Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean.
Commentary
A Perspective on Pacific Art in Christchurch
Pacific art is one of the more internationally successful and innovative sectors of New Zealand’s art industry, but Pacific artists in Ōtautahi have struggled to be a visible part of the city’s cultural landscape. Due to our small population and distance from the Pacific art capital that is Auckland, our artists have often developed in relative isolation, relying on our Pasifika arts community to maintain a sense of cultural vitality, belonging and place within the city.