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Home Auckland :
artists of Pacific heritage in Auckland
Published on the occasion of Home AKL : artists of Pacific heritage in Auckland, held at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki 7 July - 22 October, 2012. (Page facing t.p.)
Partial contents: Building the house of Noa Noa and Lave Lave : a possible theory of Pacific art / Albert L Refiti -- Looking backwards into our future : reframing 'contemporary' Pacific Art / Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai -- Urban Pacific art and the role of Fresh gallery Otara / Ema Tavola -- From home to home page : Pacific art in the digital age / Nina Tonga -- Home AKL : artists of Pacific heritage in Auckland / Ron Brownson.
Summary: The first major group exhibition of contemporary Pacific art developed by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki ... Home AKL reveals the increasingly significant role Pacific art plays in New Zealand's identity and cultural landscape, and includes work by more than 20 artists whose heritage derives from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu. A range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, video and adornment has been selected. Alongside artwork from the Gallery's collection and loans, Home AKL will feature 13 new commissions. (Publisher)