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Greg Semu: The Battle of the Noble Savage

6 August - 6 November 2011 / Deane

As part of the wider Oceania project the Deane Gallery features a special solo exhibition by Greg Semu of the photographic series 'Battle of the Noble Savage'.

Lounge Room Tribalism

2 - 31 July 2011 / Deane

In his most recent series of paintings Graham Fletcher locates some of these displaced Pacific art objects adorning the walls of plush modernist interiors, presenting what Fletcher describes as a domestic cultural eclecticism or ‘lounge room tribalism’.

Maiden Aotearoa

21 May - 26 June 2011 / Deane

Maiden Aotearoa looks at four contemporary responses to the ‘dusky maiden’ stereotype in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Moana Nepia: Maungauika Trilogy

16 April - 15 May 2011 / Deane

Maungauika Trilogy is an art installation that leads the viewer down a dark corridor to the edge of Te Pō (the night), the passageway to the spiritual realm.

Mana Takatāpui: Taera Tāne

29 January - 10 April 2011 / Deane

Mana Takatāpui: Taera Tāne presents the voices of five artists of Samoan and Māori descent; Fear Brampton, Tanu Gago, Richard Kereopa, Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Hoteera Riri. Unlocking stereotypes and exploring double standards, each artist looks at the interplay between culture and sexuality.

PAY ATTENTION: Tony Albert

20 November 2010 - 16 January 2011 / Deane

A collaborative text-based work created by Brisbane based artist Tony Albert and twenty-five of his close friends, PAY ATTENTION is an arresting and unapologetic wake up call to the politics of twenty-first century Aboriginal Australian identity.

Vernon Ah Kee

25 September - 14 November 2010 / Deane

Providing a much-needed indigenous presence in contemporary Australian Art, Vernon Ah Kee's first solo show in New Zealand features his renowned text-based work and large format charcoal and crayon portraits of Aboriginal subjects.

Cerisse Palalagi: Motunei

18 June - 12 September 2010 / Deane

Characterised by an impressive mastery of a wide array of print and mark making processes such as silk screening, photographic emulsions, hand painting and drawing, embroidery and photography, Cerisse Palalagi’s art merges hiapo practices with contemporary printing and portraiture.

Leilani Kake: Tino Rangatira Tanga

3 April - 13 June 2010 / Deane

Leilani Kake’s video tryptich Tino Rangatira Tanga, filmed in first-person perspective, portrayed the Māori process of Tā Moko and Tangihanga. The work explored how waiata, in its many forms, is used in the daily lives of Māori families.

Urban Kainga

16 January - 28 March 2010 / Deane

Urban Kainga showcased the art of four young male artists from the South Pacific who explored the effects of urbanisation on Māori and Pacific communities.

Ngaahina Hohaia

26 September 2009 - 9 January 2010 / Deane

Ngaahina Hohoia's exhibition of 500 embroided poi greeted visitors in this, the inaugural exhibition in the new Deane Gallery.

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