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The carver and the artist : Māori art in the twentieth century / Damian Skinner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2008.Description: vii, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781869403737 (hbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
The carver and the artist -- Carving histories: Apirana Ngata, the Rotorua School of Māori Arts and Crafts, and Māoritanga, 1900-1950 -- The master carver: Hone Taiapa, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, and Māoritanga, 1950-1979 -- 'Modern trends in Maori art forms': Māori modernism, 1950 -1970 -- 'The ancient custom of treasurable uniqueness': Contemporary Māori art, 1970-1980 -- Modern Māoritanga: Customary culture, 1980 to the present -- Modernity, Māoritanga and Māori modernism.
Tuti Tukaokao -- Te Awanui
Preface -- 1. The carver and the artist -- 2. Carving histories: Apirana Ngata, the Rotorua School of Māori Arts and Crafts, and Māoritanga, 1900-1950 -- 3. The master carver: Hone Taipa, The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, and Māoritanga, 1950-1979 -- 4. 'Modern trends in Maori art forms': Māori modernism, 1950-1970 -- 5. 'The ancient custom of treasurable uniqueness': contemporary Māori art, 1970-1980 -- 6. Modern Māoritanga: customary culture, 1980 to the present -- 7. Modernity, Māoritanga and Māori modernism.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index. -Preface -- 1. The carver and the artist -- 2. Carving histories: Apirana Ngata, the Rotorua School of Maori Arts and Crafts, and Maoritanga, 1900-1950 -- 3. The master carver: Hone Taipa, The New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, and Maoritanga, 1950-1979 -- 4. 'Modern trends in Maori art forms': Maori modernism, 1950-1970 -- 5. 'The ancient custom of treasurable uniqueness': contemporary Maori art, 1970-1980 -- 6. Modern Maoritanga: customary culture, 1980 to the present -- 7. Modernity, Maoritanga and Maori modernism. --"In The Carver and the Artist Damian Skinner charts the growth and development of the new forms of Maori art that emerged from the rapid urbanisation of Maori in the mid-twentieth century. He tells the story of the customary culture championed by Apirana Ngata at the Rotorua School of Maori Arts and Crafts, and how artists like Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt and Selwyn Muru, encouraged by Gordon Tovey and the Education Department, reacted against this and constructed a Maori art that engaged with the modern world in which they lived. There was a rich trafficking between tradition and modernism - two seemingly incompatible but not always opposing positions that were the source of a great upswelling of creativity." "Illustrated with over 100 colour photographs of works that are not widely known, The Carver and the Artist demonstrates the dynamic way in which Maori art negotiated modernity in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Summary: This exciting book charts the growth and development of the Maori modernist art that emerged from the rapid urbanisation of Maori in the mid twentieth century and the complex transition of Maori cultural and social structures from a rural to an urban setting. It is a story of the conflict between tradition and innovation - two seemingly incompatible but not always opposing positions that were the source of a great upswelling of creativity. Artists like Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt, and Selwyn Muru constructed a Maori art that reacted against the customary culture and attempted to respond to the modern world in which they lived. The book includes a rich selection of reproductions of Maori modernist art many of which are of brilliant works not widely known and often from the artists' own collections.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This investigation into modernist Maori art examines the key artists of the period, such as Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt, and Selwyn Muru, and others who helped establish a visual response to the rapid urbanization of Maori lands and culture throughout the mid-20th century. Additional research offers insight into the Maori renaissance of the 1970s and how their art served as a means to refocus and preserve their cultural traditions in the face of modern expansion. Art lovers and collectors alike will enjoy this accessible look into an exciting period of Indigenous and Oceanic art. Beautiful photographs of the rarely seen carved artworks, many of which have not yet been published, complement the research.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.

The carver and the artist -- Carving histories: Apirana Ngata, the Rotorua School of Māori Arts and Crafts, and Māoritanga, 1900-1950 -- The master carver: Hone Taiapa, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, and Māoritanga, 1950-1979 -- 'Modern trends in Maori art forms': Māori modernism, 1950 -1970 -- 'The ancient custom of treasurable uniqueness': Contemporary Māori art, 1970-1980 -- Modern Māoritanga: Customary culture, 1980 to the present -- Modernity, Māoritanga and Māori modernism.

Tuti Tukaokao -- Te Awanui

Preface -- 1. The carver and the artist -- 2. Carving histories: Apirana Ngata, the Rotorua School of Māori Arts and Crafts, and Māoritanga, 1900-1950 -- 3. The master carver: Hone Taipa, The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, and Māoritanga, 1950-1979 -- 4. 'Modern trends in Maori art forms': Māori modernism, 1950-1970 -- 5. 'The ancient custom of treasurable uniqueness': contemporary Māori art, 1970-1980 -- 6. Modern Māoritanga: customary culture, 1980 to the present -- 7. Modernity, Māoritanga and Māori modernism.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index. -Preface -- 1. The carver and the artist -- 2. Carving histories: Apirana Ngata, the Rotorua School of Maori Arts and Crafts, and Maoritanga, 1900-1950 -- 3. The master carver: Hone Taipa, The New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, and Maoritanga, 1950-1979 -- 4. 'Modern trends in Maori art forms': Maori modernism, 1950-1970 -- 5. 'The ancient custom of treasurable uniqueness': contemporary Maori art, 1970-1980 -- 6. Modern Maoritanga: customary culture, 1980 to the present -- 7. Modernity, Maoritanga and Maori modernism. --"In The Carver and the Artist Damian Skinner charts the growth and development of the new forms of Maori art that emerged from the rapid urbanisation of Maori in the mid-twentieth century. He tells the story of the customary culture championed by Apirana Ngata at the Rotorua School of Maori Arts and Crafts, and how artists like Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt and Selwyn Muru, encouraged by Gordon Tovey and the Education Department, reacted against this and constructed a Maori art that engaged with the modern world in which they lived. There was a rich trafficking between tradition and modernism - two seemingly incompatible but not always opposing positions that were the source of a great upswelling of creativity." "Illustrated with over 100 colour photographs of works that are not widely known, The Carver and the Artist demonstrates the dynamic way in which Maori art negotiated modernity in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

This exciting book charts the growth and development of the Maori modernist art that emerged from the rapid urbanisation of Maori in the mid twentieth century and the complex transition of Maori cultural and social structures from a rural to an urban setting. It is a story of the conflict between tradition and innovation - two seemingly incompatible but not always opposing positions that were the source of a great upswelling of creativity. Artists like Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt, and Selwyn Muru constructed a Maori art that reacted against the customary culture and attempted to respond to the modern world in which they lived. The book includes a rich selection of reproductions of Maori modernist art many of which are of brilliant works not widely known and often from the artists' own collections.

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