Exhibitions » Exhibition Archive » 2010 » John Pule - Hauaga (Arrivals)
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John Pule: Hauaga Arrivals, Installation view City Gallery Wellington, 2010. Photo: Andrew Beck.
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John Pule The Splendid Land, 2009. Courtesy of teh artist and Gow Langsford Gallery.
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John Pule: Hauaga Arrivals Installation view City Gallery Wellington, 2010. Photo: Andrew Beck.
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John Pule, Niniko lalolagi/Dazzling World, 2004, private collection.
John Pule - Hauaga (Arrivals)
29 May - 12 September 2010 in the West & East Galleries
John Pule is not only a significant New Zealand artist, he is a major presence in Pacific culture and plays a pivotal role in the presentation of that culture globally. His art has been included in major exhibitions in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Major collections of his work are held at the Queensland Art Gallery and as far afield as the National Gallery of Scotland.
John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals) was the first monographic exhibition of Pule’s art shown in a public gallery, and promises to be a landmark survey of work by a contemporary Pacific artist.
Co-curators Gregory O’Brien and Aaron Lister worked closely with the artist in developing the scope and themes of this important exhibition. It demonstrated how Pule’s work stretches across art forms and cultures, drawing from an endlessly rich range of historical and present-days sources from the Pacific, as well as Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.
This exhibition featured 23 of John Pule’s large canvases and around 40 of his works on paper. It surveyed his career since 1991—the year he travelled back to his birthplace, Niue, and reconnected with the traditional Niuean art of hiapo. A dramatic series of recent works was also included, allowing the exhibition to span 20 years of the artist’s production.
Public Programmes
Art in Oceania: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Issues
A Symposium
Saturday 29 May, 10am-5pm
Watch This Space—Footnote Dance
Saturday 5 June, 12.30pm
Curator’s Talk
Friday 11 June, 12.30pm
Niuean Music Performance
Saturday 19 June, 1pm
Keynote Lecture—Peter Simpson
Thursday 1 July, 6pm. $10 per person.
Artist’s Talk—John Pule
Saturday 31 July, 1pm
Lecture—Peter Brunt discusses John Pule
Friday 10 September, 12.30pm
Further Reading
Further Reading about John Pule
Media Releases
John Pule - A Pacific Voice in Contemporary Art
Just in Time for Winter, the Pacific Comes to City Gallery
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