Review 2015

MICHAEL

PAREKOWHAI

THE PROMISED LAND

28 MARCH – 21 JUNE 2015

GOMA

CURATOR / MAUD PAGE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,

COLLECTION & EXHIBITIONS

An exhibition of two decades of sculpture, photography and

installation by one of New Zealand’s leading artists, ‘The Promised

Land’ featured works from throughout Parekowhai’s career, with

some recast in new media or at different scales. The exhibition

drew on his longstanding relationship with the Gallery, and his

reputation for wry comment on national narratives, colonial

histories and popular culture.

PROGRAMS

He Kōrero Pūrākau mo

Te Awanui o Te Motu: story

of a New Zealand river

2011,

Parekowhai’s elegantly carved

Steinway piano, was played by

Queensland Conservatorium

students and members of the

public during the exhibition

BENEFACTION

Supported by the New

Zealand Supporters’ Group,

the first time international

patrons have contributed

directly to staging

an exhibition

OPPOSITE /

Activation of

He Kōrero Pūrākau mo

Te Awanui o Te Motu: story of a New

Zealand river

2011 during the opening

weekend / Purchased 2011 with the

assistance of the Friends of Te Papa /

Collection: Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa / March 2015 /

Photograph: Brodie Standen

THE PUBLICATION

COVER FEATURED

THE BRAND NEW

STAINLESS STEEL

SCULPTURE

THE ENGLISH

CHANNEL

2015

THE ARTIST

AND MICHAEL

LETT GIFTED

HOME

FRONT

2015 TO THE

COLLECTION

LEFT /

Installation view of

The Song of the

Frog

2006 / Collection: Michael and

Eleonora Triguboff; and

They Comfort

Me III

2015 / Courtesy: The artist

and Michael Lett / Photograph:

Natasha Harth

BELOW /

The English Channel

2015 /

Installation view / Courtesy: The

artist and Michael Lett / March 2015 /

Photograph: Brodie Standen

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