Opening talks for new Pātaka exhibitions

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10 May 2017

Opening talks for new Pātaka exhibitions

Three exhibitions are opening at Pātaka Art + Museum on Saturday 20 May Kereama Taepa – Whakapī, BOUNDLESS – printmaking beyond the frame and INFLUX. There will be talks from the artists and curators from 1–4pm – all are welcome. These exhibitions run from20 May to 13 August.

What: exhibition opening talks for three new exhibitions

When: Saturday 20 May from 1–4pm

Where: Pātaka Art + Museum, Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua City.

Who:
1pm: Dr Carole Shepheard will discuss the works in BOUNDLESS – printmaking beyond the frame with Curator Mark Hutchins-Pond.

2.30pm: Artist Kereama Taepa will talk about his installation Whakapī.
3pm: Artist and Curator Ane Tonga will facilitate a discussion with artists in Tautai's INFLUXexhibition.

Kereama Taepa – Whakapī

Whakapī is an exhibition of new work by Kereama Taepa that uses virtual reality and 3D printing to investigate the adoption of digital technologies. The work is informed by customary knowledge of whakairo (carving) focusing on the continual development of techniques and methods. The exhibition runs at Pātaka Art + Museum from 20 May to 13 August.

BOUNDLESS – printmaking beyond the frame

Twenty-two members of the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, plus four guest artists, have liberated their prints from 2D picture frames and created interdisciplinary sculptures and installations, printing onto unexpected materials such as textiles, metals, ceramics, or glass. The exhibition BOUNDLESS – printmaking beyond the frame runs at Pātaka Art + Museum from 20 May to 13 August.

INFLUX

INFLUX is the eighth Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust exhibition of artworks made by students of Pacific Island heritage who are currently studying art at universities and technical institutes in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Artworks in the exhibition collectively reflect the strong sense of political agency that many students develop during their tertiary studies. Guest curator Ane Tonga states that the exhibition attempts to expand our locally-informed perception of the Pacific, to engage in ways of being and seeing that are much larger than Aotearoa New Zealand. INFLUX runs at Pātaka Art + Museum from 20 May to 13 August.

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