5/30/2020 · Developed by the Gallery’s curators in collaboration with Stephanie Oberg, an independent writer and curator of Cook Islands heritage, Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania brings together a bold and exciting mix of traditional and contemporary art forms.
Spanning 36 metres across Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet?’s outer east wall, best viewed from Gloucester Street, it’s about everything that binds us together, from the ocean to the stars. This painting, and another related wall painting inside, were commissioned to accompany the major exhibition Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania.
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania. Angela Tiatia Lick 2015. Single-channel HD video 16:9, colour, sound, duration 6 min 33 sec. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet?, purchased 2018. Every few years, the curatorial team at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet? embarks on a major rehang of the first-floor collection area.
4/6/2020 · Its long tentacles stretch out across the ocean to Tonga, Kiribati, Hawai’i, Rapanui (Easter Island) and Aotearoa New Zealand. In this selection of art from the collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet? and beyond, te wheke offers a way to understand how we are connected across time and place.
6/30/2020 · DETAILS Te Wheke Pathways Across Oceania Curated by Ken Hall, Felicity Milburn, Nathan Pohio, Lara Strongman and Peter Vangioni with Stephanie Oberg Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet? Corner Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street 30 May 2020 – 23 May 2022. IMAGE 1. Robin White and Ruha Fifita, We are the small axe 2015.
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania . Listing Image: Angela Tiatia, Lick, 2015. Single-channel high definition video 16:9, colour, sound. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet?, purchased 2018. … Te Wheke includes tivaevae, raranga (weaving), whakairo (carving), painting, works on paper, video, sculpture, photography and …
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania Experience the Gallery’s collection from the perspective of our place in Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean. Full of stories of migration, connection and belonging, this huge new exhibition reflects the connections and tensions that shape us.
7/30/2020 · Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania Te Wheke means the octopus in te reo M?ori. For many cultures around the Pacific Ocean, this resourceful, adventurous creature is a symbol of early voyages from the Polynesian homelands of Hawaiki.
