Epicenter (E) : A solo exhibition by Te Maari

He aronga hou, he tirohanga hou

He mahi tahi a Mokopōpaki me Te Maari me Laree Payne Gallery

In collaboration with Mokopōpaki, Auckland

Epicenter (E) by Te Maari for Laree Payne Gallery, spans from research on shopping, luxury, values in art, and new concepts for Mokopōpaki as an entity, to the creation of 10 unique artworks that reference particular birds, locations and family members. Beyond restructuring the physical reality of the gallery space, Te Maari's virtual presence is defined through in-studio technology including handspun shetland, corriedale and merino, enhancing the tactile, three-dimensional qualities of her soft sculptures. The combination of these aspects generates an integrated exhibition structure that enables the artist to provide a new sense of originality, but also to reinforce the diverse and intriguing aura of her practice.

Epicenter (E) is conceived as a specific insertion both in relation to the artist's network of existing artworks as well as the city and cultural context in which the exhibition is situated.

Epicenter (E) is accompanied by a new, limited edition screenprint, made by Greg Thomas and JBB, co-published by Mokopōpaki and Laree Payne Gallery. To view the web enabled version of the screenprint (which presents differently to the original) please click here.

Epicenter (E) was reviewed by Peter Dornauf for EyeContact (a platform for critical exhibition reviews in Aotearoa). To read the review visit the website here: Knitted Māori Dolls