Peter Peryer
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1941, d.2018
Kereru
- 2006
- Gelatin Silver Photograph
- Purchased, 2006
- 240 x 301mm
- 2006/027
Location: Touring Gallery B
Tags: animals, birds (animals), electric cables, monochrome, stripes, telephone wires
Like a low note on an incomplete bass staff, Peter Peryer’s kererū is a clever reduction. The familiar bird perches whiteaproned, head down, shoulders hunched—almost glowering. Paused in an urban no-bird’s land, it seems to await the next part of the score.
(Bird Land: Te Kāhui Manu 15 August 2026 – 8 February 2027)
Exhibition History
