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    Marian Maguire

    Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1962

    Ko wai koe? (Who are you?)

    • 2003
    • Lithograph
    • Purchased, 2005
    • 510 x 700mm
    • 2005/044

    Tags: appropriation (imagery), Classical, colonization, gods (deities), helmets, koru (pattern), Māori (culture or style), men (male humans), moko, people (agents), profiles (figures), spirals (geometric figures), tattoos

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    Exhibition History

    Denis O'Connor The Gorse King (detail) 1990–1. Maheno limestone painted with yellow ochre lime wash. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commissioned 1990
    Keeping Time
    Image: uploads/2024_02/2005_44.jpg

    Related reading: Ralph Hotere

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    KO WAI KOE?

    KO WAI KOE?

    On this day in 1987, the Maori Language Act came into force, making te reo Māori an official language of New Zealand.

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    Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist)

    Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist)

    The extraordinary exhibition Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist) provided Ōtautahi Christchurch audiences with a truly remarkable opportunity to experience artworks by Ralph Hotere at first hand. Ralph was one of Aotearoa’s most talented artists and, significantly for Christchurch, two of his most notable works, Godwit/Kuaka (1977) and Black Phoenix (1984–88), were shown for the first time in the city.

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    Ralph Hotere

    Ralph Hotere

    Hard to believe two years have already gone by since the passing of Ralph Hotere on 24th February 2013. Unlike many public galleries around the country at the time of his passing Christchurch Art Gallery was frustratingly unable to display any works by Ralph from the collection due to our ongoing closure. 

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    Ralph Hotere (Te Aupōuri) 11 Aug 1931 - 24 Feb 2013

    Ralph Hotere (Te Aupōuri) 11 Aug 1931 - 24 Feb 2013

    Join us in commemorating the first anniversary of the death of one of New Zealand's most significant and acclaimed artists.

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    Black Union Jack

    Black Union Jack

    With the death of Nelson Mandela, the history of the anti-apartheid struggle is being re-examined, including the protest movement that emerged here in New Zealand.

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    Rest In Peace Ralph

    Rest In Peace Ralph

    We're all so saddened to hear of the death of Ralph Hotere yesterday.

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    Black Painting

    Black Painting

    Ralph Hotere's recognition as a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year was a fitting tribute to an artist whose work has truly reflected social, political and environmental issues relating to New Zealand and the wider international community throughout his career.

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    Sangro Litany by Ralph Hotere

    Sangro Litany by Ralph Hotere

    The Sangro series, begun in 1962, is a memorial to Ralph Hotere's brother Jack, who fought with the Maori Battalion and whose grave lies among those of hundreds of other young soldiers at the Sangro River War Cemetery on Italy's Adriatic Coast.

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    Drawing (KO WAI KOE?) by Ralph Hotere

    Drawing (KO WAI KOE?) by Ralph Hotere

    This article first appeared in The Press on 28 March 2007

    Among the highlights of the Christchurch Art Gallery's drawing collection is Drawing (KO WAI KOE?) by Otago artist Ralph Hotere. Produced in 1977 Drawing (KO WAI KOE?) illustrates Hotere's development from his formal geometric approach found in his earlier work of the late 1960s and early 1970s towards the more expressive manner he developed throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

     

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    Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist)

    Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist)

    Ralph Hotere’s art charted his journeys throughout Aotearoa and the world, reflecting on his experiences, identity and politics. As the first major survey exhibition of Hotere’s artistic career for over twenty years, Ātete celebrates his achievements and brings his vision to a new generation. It’s been a huge project to bring together so we thought it was timely to ask the four curators to tell us a little about their relationship with Hotere – how do they connect as individuals with the artist’s works, and the themes and the locations that they explore?

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