W. A. R. Whatu Aho Rua
- When 1 Aug - 29 Aug 1992
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Where
IVAN DOUGHERTY GALLERY
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Address
SELWYN ST, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
Over the past 200 years Eastern Pacific indigenous cultures have undergone the profound impact of colonization. Each of the Pacific cultures have coped with this impact in their own unique ways. This exhibition is a celebration of the culture that has survived, the peoples, their courage, resilience and beauty. Although in both Australia and Aotearoa the indigenous people are in the minority, the strength and uniqueness of their cultures has remained a dominant and increasingly powerful force within the contemporary life of their respective countries.
Artists
Laurence Aberhart
Sandy Adsett
George Bourne
Alfred Burton
Fiona Clark
Frank Denton
Tony Fomison
John Bevan Ford
Fred Graham
Ralph Hotere
Bob Jahnke
Robyn Kahukiwa
Emily Karaka
James McDonald
Paratene Matchitt
Selwyn Murupaenga
Manos Nathan
Michael Te Rakato Parekowhai
Matt Pine
Kura Rewiri
Hariata Mei Ropata
Theo Schoon
Michael Shepherd
Ahu Te Ua
Diggeres Te Kanawa
Gordon Walters
Cliff Whiting
Alfred Archibald Willis
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Curated by Rangihiroa Panoho
Organised by Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
Sponsored by Australia-New Zealand Foundation, New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade, Te Waka Toi, Qantas, Department of the Arts and Cultural Heritage of S.A., Foundation S.A., Australia Council

Images: Installation view, 'W. A. R. Whatu Aho Rua', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1992.