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aucklandartgallery.comJoin Maungarongo Te Kawa for a kōrero about his artwork Celestial Gateway for Invisible People, currently on display in Aotearoa Contemporary.
Maungarongo will talk about the process of making this work while undertaking the Rita Angus residency in Wellington and the Christchurch Arts Centre residency earlier this year. Te Kawa will share the inspirations and challenges for bringing love into an institutional space, where the idea came from and how it might evolve.
Maungarongo Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) is a takatāpui fabric artist, educator and storyteller. Grounded in te ao Māori, his practice makes old pūrākau (stories) newly relevant using brilliant colour, fluid design and infectious good humour.
Following a vibrant career in fashion and costume design, Te Kawa dedicated himself to fulltime artmaking and teaching. In addition to producing his own lavish whakapapa quilts, he runs sewing workshops, guiding participants to express their creativity and genealogy through fabric.
Te Kawa’s works are held in a wide range of private and public collections, including those of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Dowse Art Museum and the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Price
- Free
Date
- Sun 13 Oct
Time
- 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm
Address
- Auckland art Gallery
- Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley Streets
- Auckland
- Aotearoa New Zealand
Join Maungarongo Te Kawa for a kōrero about his artwork Celestial Gateway for Invisible People, currently on display in Aotearoa Contemporary.
Maungarongo will talk about the process of making this work while undertaking the Rita Angus residency in Wellington and the Christchurch Arts Centre residency earlier this year. Te Kawa will share the inspirations and challenges for bringing love into an institutional space, where the idea came from and how it might evolve.
Maungarongo Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) is a takatāpui fabric artist, educator and storyteller. Grounded in te ao Māori, his practice makes old pūrākau (stories) newly relevant using brilliant colour, fluid design and infectious good humour.
Following a vibrant career in fashion and costume design, Te Kawa dedicated himself to fulltime artmaking and teaching. In addition to producing his own lavish whakapapa quilts, he runs sewing workshops, guiding participants to express their creativity and genealogy through fabric.
Te Kawa’s works are held in a wide range of private and public collections, including those of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Dowse Art Museum and the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau.
