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- Title
- Te Kooti at Ruatahuna
- Content partner
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Collection
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
The old net is laid aside, the new net goes fishing The whakataukī (Māori proverb) in this space relates to a ‘new Māori art’ that developed after World War II (1939–45). It was first used as a metaphor for modern Māori art in the catalogue for the 1969 exhibition The Work of Maori Artists. That exhibition was curated by artist Selwyn Muru and held at the National Art Gallery in Wellington. Modern Māori Art From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, a ‘new Māori art’ developed. Pioneering Māori...
- Format
- Image
- Date created
- 1967
- Creator
- Paratene Matchitt
- URL
- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/702581
- Related subjects
- polyvinyl acetate / hardboard / paintings / Ruatāhuna / New Zealand
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