01/05/06
Auckland artist Michael Parekowhai’s outdoor installation "The Big OE" has just opened at Te Papa in its new Sculpture Terrace located on the 6th floor. Curated by Natasha Conland, the work involves a revamped VW Kombi Van parked in a synthetic forest. "The Big OE" is a continuing series in which Parekowhai considers the tendency for, mainly Pakeha, New Zealanders to go on packaged voyages of self-discovery, excursions of low risk where experience of the indigenous is safe and unproblematic. The installation was commissioned by Te Papa and comes courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery.
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"The News is Also On Television", a performance by artists Simon Denny and Tahi Moore, will be held at Michael Lett Gallery this Wednesday, May 3. Beginning at 6 pm, the artists will build a construction through the simultaneous mirroring of one another’s actions. The resulting structure can be seen at the gallery the following day between 11-6.
