Page Galleries

19 May – 11 Jun

Pou Rongoā

Ngataiharuru Taepa, He Ata Whiwhia, 2022 various timbers and acrylic 1100mm x 550mm. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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Ngataiharuru Taepa, He Ata Whakaritorito, 2022 various timbers and acrylic 1090mm x 630mm. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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Ngataiharuru Taepa, He Ata Taonga, 2022 various timbers and acrylic 1100mm x 1100mm. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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Ngataiharuru Taepa, He Ata Raukura, 2022, various timbers and acrylic, 1100mm x 1100mm. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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nstallation view from Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pou Rongoā, 19 May – 11 June 2022 at page Galleries. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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nstallation view from Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pou Rongoā, 19 May – 11 June 2022 at page Galleries. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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nstallation view from Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pou Rongoā, 19 May – 11 June 2022 at page Galleries. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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nstallation view from Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pou Rongoā, 19 May – 11 June 2022 at page Galleries. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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nstallation view from Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pou Rongoā, 19 May – 11 June 2022 at page Galleries. Image courtesy of the artist and Page Galleries. Photo: Michael Mahne Lamb.

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Artist

Ngataiharuru Taepa

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Ngataiharuru Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa) presents Pou Rongoā, featuring the commanding three-panel kōwhaiwhai work He ata ki runga, he ata ki raro (2020), originally commissioned for the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art curated by Nigel Borrell for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. In the accompanying exhibition catalogue for Toi Tū Toi Ora, Borrell writes:

Mystifying and mesmerising, it was inspired by the concepts found in karakia, or prayers and chants, that pertain to wānanga - ideas about knowledge acquisition, growth and learning. As these kōwhaiwhai patterns meander across the picture plane, their form a horizon line that is envisaged as the start of a new dawn, a new era and time.

Opening Hours

Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 5pm
Saturday, 10am - 4pm

Address

42 Victoria Street
Wellington

Artist

Ngataiharuru Taepa

pagegalleries.co.nz

Ngataiharuru Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa) presents Pou Rongoā, featuring the commanding three-panel kōwhaiwhai work He ata ki runga, he ata ki raro (2020), originally commissioned for the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art curated by Nigel Borrell for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. In the accompanying exhibition catalogue for Toi Tū Toi Ora, Borrell writes:

Mystifying and mesmerising, it was inspired by the concepts found in karakia, or prayers and chants, that pertain to wānanga - ideas about knowledge acquisition, growth and learning. As these kōwhaiwhai patterns meander across the picture plane, their form a horizon line that is envisaged as the start of a new dawn, a new era and time.