Upcoming and Current Exhibitions

Exhibition: Shigeyuki Kihara | 'Undressing the Pacific' at Hocken Library, University of Otago 20 April – 8 June 2013

Undressing the Pacific is a mid-career survey exhibition of photographic and performance works by Shigeyuki Kihara that spans more than a decade of her prodigious career. The title of the exhibition references the centrality of ‘undressing’ or subversion as a strategy in Kihara’s works, which ‘undress’ the colonial histories of Samoa, and, her use of dress (and states of undress) a read more »

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Exhibition: Hau Kihe Poini, Come to a Point | Artwork by Filipe Tohi, March 1 – April 7, 2013 at Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland

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Exhibition: Maketi Ples at Global Gallery, February 20 - March 10, 2013

Now in its third year, Maketi Ples – the contemporary Pacific islands art exhibition and ‘market place’ – is back at Global Gallery, Paddington. With pieces from seven Pacific Island nations, this year’s collection features some of the most exciting contemporary visual art, textiles and 3-D artisan works from around the region. read more »

Exhibition: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? | Shigeyuki Kihara

Milford Galleries Dunedin Aotearoa New Zealand
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Exhibition: Aho Whenua-Threads sown from Earth, A collection of Contemporary Māori Weaving, Ceramics, Painting, and Jewellery

26 January - 4 March 2013
PATAKA Art + Museum
Blue Pacific Gallery

Showcasing recent work by: Davina Duke, Hera Johns, Karuna Douglas, Ngaahina Hohaia, Noelle Jakeman, Rhonda Halliday, Sofia Minson, Stevei Houkamau, Todd Douglas, Tracey Huxford, Veranoa Hetet, Victor Te Paa. read more »

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Header photos (left to right): Performance by Te Pua O Feani, July 21, 2005; Children's Story (Water Dreaming of Two Children), Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, acrylic on composition board, 1972; IL IAMB NAI? POMBRAL MOLGA KUNDUL AL? WHO IS THIS PERSON? BLACK OR WHITE? Performance by Michael Mel, April 28, 2007. Rotator photos (numbers one through four): Fiji Project gathering in front of a Masi Kesa from the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, Re-presenting Pacific Art. Edited by Karen Stevenson and Virginia-Lee Webb, Australia: Crawford House Publishing, 2010, Dan Taulapapa McMillin, 'O Taulaitu, Acrylic transfer collage and oil paint on canvas, 2012, PAA 11th International Symposium at the University of British Columbia, 2013.