Toi Tū Toi Ora Artist Profiles: Overview

Featuring over 300 artworks by 111 Māori artists, Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art was the largest exhibition in the 133-year history of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

It celebrated a vast range of contemporary Māori art from the last 70 years, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, clay-making, jewellery and body adornment, photography, digital media, film and installation art.

This series of videos profiles contributors to the exhibition, giving insight and access to their processes, practice and creative thinking as they explore personal and cultural histories, Māori knowledge, identity and place.

These videos were created with support from Auckland Council’s Māori Outcomes funding.

 

He Kōtaha mō ngā Ringa Toi o Toi Tū Toi Ora: He Tirohanga Whānui

E 300 neke atu ngā mahi toi nā ngā ringa toi Māori 111 kei roto i a Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. Koia rā te whakaaturanga nui rawa atu i ngā tau 133 o te Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Ko tāna kaupapa he whakanui i te whānuitanga whakahara o te toi Māori onāianei nō ngā tau 70 kua taha ake nei, tae atu ki te peita, te tārai, te mātātuhi, te mahi-uku, te taonga whakarākei, te whakarākei tinana, te tango whakaahua, te arapāho matihiko, te kiriata, te toi puni.

Ko tā tēnei raupapatanga ataata he whakaatu i ngā tāngata whai wāhi ki te whakaaturanga nei, arā he āta whakamārama i ā rātou hātepe, i ō rātou tikanga, i te whakaaro auaha, i roto i te tūhura hītori whaiaro, hītori ahurea, i te mātauranga Māori, i te tuakiri Māori, i tōna tūrangawaewae.

Nā te pūtea Māori Outcomes funding o te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau i mahia ai ēnei ataata.