Toi Aotearoa

Sat 3 Sep 2011 — Sun 31 Aug 2014

Toi Aotearoa — Gordon Walters
Genealogy 5 1971
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
gift of Dame Jenny Gibbs in honour of Chris Saines, Gallery Director (1996-2013)

Exhibition Details

Explore New Zealand's cultural, political and artistic history in this substantial exhibition of artwork from our collection. Examine the way artists have represented the intertwined stories of Aotearoa over the past 400 years.

Begin in the 21st century with Judy Darragh's mixed-media , futuristic banner Sissy Squat. Witness the way Anne Noble captures the brooding and mysterious Whanganui River, and encounter the voice of protest in Ralph Hotere's Aramoana.

Then head off to see a vast range of work by New Zealand modernist artists, including Colin McCahon, Gordon Walters, Tony Fomison, Lois White, Rita Angus and Toss Woollaston. Continue upstairs to the 1700s and 1800s and discover how artists recorded early interactions between Māori and Pākehā. Encounter noble ancestors painted in ultra-fine detail by Gottifried Lindauer, and marvel at some of the oldest works on show – taonga (treasures) created by Māori.

Date: Sat 3 Sep 2011 — Sun 31 Aug 2014
Curated by: Ron Brownson, Natasha Conland, Ngahiraka Mason
Location: Ground level, Level 1
Cost: Free entry

Related Artwork

Study for a New Zealand Flag — Study for a New Zealand Flag

Billy Apple®

Production date

2012

Medium

UV impregnated ink on primed canvas

Size (h x w)

382 x 618 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

Accession no

2012/17

Study for a New Zealand Flag

Ambivalent Formalism — Ambivalent Formalism

Dan Arps

Production date

2010

Medium

mixed media

Size (h x w)

1420 x 1010 x 650 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

Accession no

2012/9/2

Ambivalent Formalism

Red Words on a Grey Background

Mary-Louise Browne

Production date: 2009
Medium: neon and glass tubing
Size (h x w): 3800 x 140 x 12 mm
Credit line: Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2009
Accession no: C2009/1/14

Red Words on a Grey Background

Mary-Louise Browne

Fibre Optic Broom #2 — Fibre Optic Broom #2

Eddie Clemens

Production date

2010

Medium

beech wood, fibre optic bristles, RGB LEDs, customised circuit boards, brass tubing

Size (h x w)

1400 x 400 x 120 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

C2010/1/31.1-4

Fibre Optic Broom #2

Sissy Squat — Sissy Squat

Judy Darragh

Production date

2012

Medium

PVC banner, acrylic, ink and paint, linen tape, glass spheres, assorted aerosol paint

Size (h x w)

1500 x 2400 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013

Accession no

2013/4

Sissy Squat

Those Tracey Emin simulations don't know shit from clay, DARLING

Jacqueline Fraser

Production date: 2006
Medium: backlit photo, wig, faux fur, brushed velvet, diamantes, sequinned braid, pleated silk, sequinned taffeta, gold foil, artist's frame
Size (h x w): 1800 x 1800 x 160 mm
Credit line: Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no: C2012/1/40/3

Those Tracey Emin simulations don't know shit from clay, DARLING

Jacqueline Fraser

Teleplasmic Mass - Springsteen — Teleplasmic Mass - Springsteen

Robert Hood

Production date

2008

Medium

record cover, plastic bag and plastic wrap

Size (h x w)

400 x 380 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the ART50 Contemporary Art Trust, 2009

Accession no

2009/23/2

Teleplasmic Mass - Springsteen

Self-portrait I — Self-portrait I

Rhondda Bosworth

Production date

1992

Medium

gelatin silver photograph

Size (h x w)

202 x 255 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992

Accession no

1992/15/1

Self-portrait I

Rhondda Bosworth

Self-portrait II — Self-portrait II

Rhondda Bosworth

Production date

1992

Medium

gelatin silver photograph

Size (h x w)

202 x 255 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992

Accession no

1992/15/2

Self-portrait II

Rhondda Bosworth

Self-portrait III — Self-portrait III

Rhondda Bosworth

Production date

1992

Medium

gelatin silver photograph

Size (h x w)

255 x 202 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992

Accession no

1992/15/3

Self-portrait III

Rhondda Bosworth

Aramoana — Aramoana

Ralph Hotere

Production date

1982

Medium

lacquer on corrugated iron and wood

Size (h x w)

3048 x 826 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Transfield Corporation, 1985

Accession no

1985/22.1-10

Aramoana

The young designers — The young designers

W D Hammond

Production date

1985

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Size (h x w)

1970 x 1925 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/20

The young designers

Crown Grab Bag. 2006 — Crown Grab Bag. 2006

Maureen Lander

Production date

2006

Medium

pingao fibre, blue textile cushion

Size (h x w)

430 x 500 x 500 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2011

Accession no

2011/11

Crown Grab Bag. 2006

Matrix; Reference; Index — Matrix; Reference; Index

Ralph Paine

Production date

1988

Medium

gouache, ink, coloured pencil, pencil and conte collage

Size (h x w)

626 x 475 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993

Accession no

1993/3.1-3

Matrix; Reference; Index

Fringe Benefits — Fringe Benefits

Denys Watkins

Production date

1978

Medium

ink and watercolour

Size (h x w)

470 x 790 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1979

Accession no

1979/4

Fringe Benefits

By arrows — By arrows

Christine Webster

Production date

1986

Medium

cibachrome on aluminium

Size (h x w)

1250 x 520 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1992

Accession no

1992/20/1

By arrows

Christine Webster

Alleyway — Alleyway

Christine Webster

Production date

1981

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

385 x 293 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1983

Accession no

1983/59

Alleyway

Christine Webster

Hawthorne and Thistle - remnants of an old orchard, Koiro, Wanganui River — Hawthorne and Thistle - remnants of an old orchard, Koiro, Wanganui River

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

133 x 310 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/3

Hawthorne and Thistle - remnants of an old orchard, Koiro, Wanganui River

Hiruharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River — Hiruharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

136 x 319 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/4

Hiruharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River

Procession: Rure Keremeneta's Unveiling, Hiruharama Jerusalem Wanganui River — Procession: Rure Keremeneta's Unveiling, Hiruharama Jerusalem Wanganui River

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

216 x 318 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/5

Procession: Rure Keremeneta's Unveiling, Hiruharama Jerusalem Wanganui River

Procession: Rure Keremenata's Unveiling, Wanganui River, Hiruharama (Jerusalem) — Procession: Rure Keremenata's Unveiling, Wanganui River, Hiruharama (Jerusalem)

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

318 x 217 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/6

Procession: Rure Keremenata's Unveiling, Wanganui River, Hiruharama (Jerusalem)

Sheep and Lilies of the Field - Hiruharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River — Sheep and Lilies of the Field - Hiruharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

175 x 251 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/7

Sheep and Lilies of the Field - Hiruharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River

Hiruharama (Jerusalem) 1982 — Hiruharama (Jerusalem) 1982

Anne Noble

Production date

1995

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

182 x 343 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000

Accession no

2000/3/3

Hiruharama (Jerusalem) 1982

Matahiwi Cemetery — Matahiwi Cemetery

Anne Noble

Production date

1995

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

217 x 355 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000

Accession no

2000/3/4

Matahiwi Cemetery

Upper Reaches, Wanganui River — Upper Reaches, Wanganui River

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

232 x 354 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000

Accession no

2000/3/5

Upper Reaches, Wanganui River

Arimatea, Wanganui River — Arimatea, Wanganui River

Anne Noble

Production date

1982

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

132 x 316 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/1

Arimatea, Wanganui River

From "Gentle Annie" Wanganui River — From "Gentle Annie" Wanganui River

Anne Noble

On display

Production date

1981

Medium

black and white photograph

Size (h x w)

326 x 220 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/4/2

From "Gentle Annie" Wanganui River

On display

The Wanganui — The Wanganui

Anne Noble

On display

Production date

1980

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

285 x 420 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000

Accession no

2000/3/6

The Wanganui

On display

Wanganui River, Upper Reaches — Wanganui River, Upper Reaches

Anne Noble

On display

Production date

1982

Medium

gelatin silver print

Size (h x w)

275 x 388 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000

Accession no

2000/3/7

Wanganui River, Upper Reaches

On display

Large Green Landscape — Large Green Landscape

Andrew McLeod

Production date

2012

Medium

acrylic on linen

Size (h x w)

2000 x 3600 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Elise Mourant Bequest, 2012

Accession no

2012/18.1-2

Large Green Landscape

Before the fall — Before the fall

Megan Jenkinson

Production date

1987

Medium

photo collage

Size (h x w)

492 x 280 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Jobson Trust, 1987

Accession no

1987/50/1

Before the fall

Megan Jenkinson

The Romantic rebellion — The Romantic rebellion

Megan Jenkinson

Production date

1987

Medium

photo collage

Size (h x w)

492 x 280 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Jobson Trust, 1987

Accession no

1987/50/2

The Romantic rebellion

Megan Jenkinson

Nature Morte — Nature Morte

Megan Jenkinson

Production date

1987

Medium

photo collage

Size (h x w)

492 x 280 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Jobson Trust, 1987

Accession no

1987/50/3

Nature Morte

Megan Jenkinson

Cinerarium — Cinerarium

Megan Jenkinson

Production date

1987

Medium

photo collage

Size (h x w)

492 x 280 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Jobson Trust, 1987

Accession no

1987/50/4

Cinerarium

Megan Jenkinson

Table and mirror and a green interior — Table and mirror and a green interior

David Armitage

Production date

1973

Medium

dye on canvas

Size (h x w)

1785 x 1632 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1973

Accession no

1973/22

Table and mirror and a green interior

Red/Black/White — Red/Black/White

Stephen Bambury

Production date

1978

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Size (h x w)

463 x 464 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1999

Accession no

1999/40

Red/Black/White

Stephen Bambury

Celeste — Celeste

Bill Culbert

Production date

1970

Medium

Perspex, light bulbs, metal, 28.1.15 Bulb replaced with correct shape 100W bayonet General Electric Krypton Mushroom shape

Size (h x w)

365 x 355 x 355 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1990

Accession no

1990/35/1

Celeste

Landscape 3 — Landscape 3

Paul Hartigan

Production date

1975

Medium

enamel and a mirroring process on plate glass

Size (h x w)

510 x 660 x 35 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1976

Accession no

1976/33

Landscape 3

Bars In 4 Directions II — Bars In 4 Directions II

John Hurrell

Production date

1979

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Size (h x w)

1252 x 1275 mm

Credit line

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1984

Accession no

C1994/1/110

Bars In 4 Directions II

Painting with rainbow I — Painting with rainbow I

Michael Illingworth

Production date

1965

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

838 x 965 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/14/2

Painting with rainbow I

Michael Illingworth

The days and nights in the wilderness: a constant flow of light falls on the land — The days and nights in the wilderness: a constant flow of light falls on the lan...

Colin McCahon

Production date

1971

Medium

synthetic polymer paint on unstretched canvas

Size (h x w)

2378 x 1840 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the McCahon Family, 1988

Accession no

1989/51/4

The days and nights in the wilderness: a constant flow of light falls on the lan...

This Land is Ours — This Land is Ours

Buck Nin

Production date

circa 1978

Medium

acrylic and fluorescent paint on board

Size (h x w)

1200 x 1000 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013

Accession no

2013/15

This Land is Ours

Genealogy 5 — Genealogy 5

Gordon Walters

Production date

1971

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Size (h x w)

1523 x 1523 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Dame Jenny Gibbs in honour of Chris Saines, Gallery Director (1996-2013)

Accession no

2012/22

Genealogy 5

The Bosom of Abraham — The Bosom of Abraham

Michael Parekōwhai

On display

Production date

1999

Medium

ink on lightbox

Size (h x w)

1300 x 220 x 80 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1999

Accession no

1999/24/1

The Bosom of Abraham

Michael Parekōwhai

On display

Kapa Haka (Pākākā) — Kapa Haka (Pākākā)

Michael Parekōwhai

Production date

2003

Medium

automotive paint on fibreglass

Size (h x w)

1900 x 600 x 500 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2004

Accession no

2004/33

Kapa Haka (Pākākā)

Michael Parekōwhai

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