Ralph Hotere
A DigitalNZ Story by Sienna Latham
One of New Zealand's best known and most decorated artists, Hone Papita Raukura Hotere's life and work span the country, from Mitimiti to Port Chalmers, embracing minimalism and poetry and pop art and, well, humanity. This selection of paintings, sketches, murals and working drawings hints at Hotere's breadth of vision and range of influences. I've tried to be faithful to his strong themes and stylistic changes by grouping related works together — like the incredible series he did for Hone Tuwhare's 'Sapwood & Milk' — but do yourself a favor and look at all of them, and marvel: http://www.digitalnz.org/records?tab=images&text=ralph+hotere&view=gallery
Comet over Mt Taranaki and Parihaka
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Black phoenix
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Black Cerulean
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Yellow Triptych
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Dawn water poem
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Black painting
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
VOID
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Black painting.
University of Otago
Black painting: Orange/Blue/Indigo
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Black painting: Purple/Yellow/Indigo
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Black Painting
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Working Drawing For Music Faculty, Auckland University
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Aurora
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Aurora Koputai
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Ralph Hotere outside "first studio" on Flagstaff, Port Chalmers
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Aramoana
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Vive Aramoana
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
The Seasons, Part I and II
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Black Window - Towards Aramoana
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Black window, Port Chalmers.
University of Otago
Lo negro sobre lo oro
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Lo negro sobre lo oro
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Window in Spain, Madrid
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
The mark of the bull (from the series 'Windows in Spain')
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Les saintes maries de la mer (Black rainbow)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Les Saintes Maries de la mer
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Les Saintes Maries de la mer
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Sangro, a rosary of olive trees, landscape of windswept manuka.
University of Otago
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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Song Cycle
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Song
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ralph Hotere 1978
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
A day at Murdering Beach with Dibble and Maree.
University of Otago
No. 8
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Red on white
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Red Square
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Untitled
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Drawing from a set of 12 for Hone Tuwhare's book: Mihi; collected poems. (Penguin, 1987).
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Drawing from a set of 12 for Hone Tuwhare's book: Mihi; collected poems. (Penguin, 1987).
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Drawing from a set of 12 for Hone Tuwhare's book: Mihi; collected poems. (Penguin, 1987)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Oedipus drawing for Baxter's 'The temptations of Oedipus'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
![Image: The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Ismene and Furies].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fourheritagemedia%2Ffullsize%2F3ffdb9562c60408ebf412bda8a203f2e.jpg&resize=368%253E "The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Ismene and Furies].")
The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Ismene and Furies].
University of Otago
![Image: The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Ismene 1].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fourheritagemedia%2Ffullsize%2F1bfe959123c052e2bd0f0dc973d6babe.jpg&resize=368%253E "The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Ismene 1].")
The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Ismene 1].
University of Otago
![Image: The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [set design. Stage design and face].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fourheritagemedia%2Ffullsize%2Fd325fe571a8bd4b4ac795c7117634c05.jpg&resize=368%253E "The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [set design. Stage design and face].")
The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [set design. Stage design and face].
University of Otago
![Image: The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Œdipus].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fourheritagemedia%2Ffullsize%2Fd6079cc8d7ed86a1c3d3936315df45db.jpg&resize=368%253E "The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Œdipus].")
The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design. Œdipus].
University of Otago
![Image: The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design Ismene].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fourheritagemedia%2Ffullsize%2F863b28eb8de6ded1b0fb9bee1ad7b93d.jpg&resize=368%253E "The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design Ismene].")
The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [costume design Ismene].
University of Otago
![Image: The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [set design. Two figures & gold light].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fourheritagemedia%2Ffullsize%2Ff773e92fd30029674071c8a7e3594fc8.jpg&resize=368%253E "The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [set design. Two figures & gold light].")
The temptations of Œdipus by Baxter [set design. Two figures & gold light].
University of Otago
Untitled.
University of Otago
Sun - love poem 2.
University of Otago
Working drawing for Malady.
University of Otago
Working drawing for Malady.
University of Otago
Working drawing for Malady.
University of Otago
Working drawing for Malady.
University of Otago
Drawing for O.E. Middleton
University of Otago
Drawing for O.E. Middleton
University of Otago
Drawing for O.E. Middleton
University of Otago
Oputai. 25/27.
University of Otago
Ralph Hotere (Godwit/Kuaka Mural)
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Godwit/Kuaka
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Colour rough for Auckland International Airport Mural.
University of Otago
Working drawing for central panels, Auckland International Airport mural.
University of Otago
Drawing for Ian Wedde
University of Otago
For Hone Tuwhare
University of Otago
For Hone Tuwhare
University of Otago
For Hone Tuwhare
University of Otago
For Hone Tuwhare
University of Otago
For Hone Tuwhare
University of Otago
For Hone Tuwhare
University of Otago
Te tangi o te pipiwharauroa.
University of Otago
Drawing for Requiem Series.
University of Otago
Drawing 1.
University of Otago
Drawing 2.
University of Otago
a: Drawing for black painting. b: Pen & ink drawings.
University of Otago
Te Whiti: The seagulls cry mournfully over Tapu-te-Rangi.
University of Otago
Untitled
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa