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Exhibition

Robin Slow - A Kanoihi Whakarite

The series of works that follows become ‘nga kanohi whakarite’, visual metaphors for many different manu, past and present that we share the whenua with. They inhabited this land before nga tangata (people) and came forth with their own iwi, hapu and whanau. Their lives and ways have become our ways and being and we see ourselves reflected in and through them. We reflect this back in the korero, waiata, whakatauaki, whakarite, (speaking, song, dance, sayings, metaphors, figures of speech) that are part of our lived and present lives.

Wherever we go they were before us
Wherever we go we have damaged their place
If the wellness of birds is the wellness of the planet
What dare we make of their silence?

(Adrienne Meria)

Wai Tieke
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$1,690.00
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$1,690.00
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Medium: Scraperboard, acrylic, inks
Dimensions:   45 cm x 70 cm approximately

Wai Tieke
Me te wai tieke.
Like the saddleback sprinkling itself with water.

 

Weka
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$1,690.00
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$1,690.00
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Medium: Scraperboard, acrylic, inks
Dimensions:   45 cm x 70 cm approximately

Weka
E hia motunga o tew eka I te māhanga?
How many times does the weka escape from the snare?

 

 

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Whakarite
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$4,630.00
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$4,630.00
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Medium: Scraperboard, acrylic, inks, gold leaf
Dimensions 104 cm x 66 cm approximately (Tryptich)

Whakarite
It is said that in the beginning Punaweko  (Land manu) and Hurumanu (Sea manu) each formed an egg shape from clay. These forms were then given to Tane who breathed over them and spoke the words, ‘Me whakaira tangata’ (Give it life). 
We have Hōkioi (Te Hākawai) the mystic manu companion of thunder and lightning whose home was in the darkness of the sky and who was the kaitiaki (guardian) of Rehua. Rehua who was often noted as the eldest son of Papatuanuku (earth) and Ranginui (sky), can himself be seen in the form of a manu in the night sky whose wings of stars move southward and westward, the latter being broken.
The series of works that follows become ‘nga kanohi whakarite’, visual metaphors for many different manu, past and present that we share the whenua with. They inhabited this land before nga tangata (people) and came forth with their own iwi, hapu and whanau. Their lives and ways have become our ways and being and we see ourselves reflected in and through them. We reflect this back in the korero, waiata, whakatauaki, whakarite, (speaking, song, dance, sayings, metaphors, figures of speech) that are part of our lived and present lives.
Wherever we go they were before us
Wherever we go we have damaged their place
If the wellness of birds is the wellness of the planet
What dare we make of their silence?
(Adrienne Meria)

 

Whatu kura
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$1,690.00
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$1,690.00
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Medium: Scraperboard, acrylic, inks, gold leaf
Dimensions: 65 cm x 47 cm approximately

Whatu kura
It is told that the kākā brought small pebbles back to Aotearoa each containing the mana of Hawaiki – the tapu land. ‘Ō kākā’ being food for the journey. 
E hara i te mea, he kotahi tangata nāna i whakaara te pō.
It is not something of recent times, but a tradition brought from Hawaiki.

 

 

Whio
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$1,690.00
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$1,690.00
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Medium: Scraperboard, acrylic, inks
Dimensions:   45 cm x 70 cm approximately

Whio
The whistling duck.

 

 

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