Home Kill: A solo exhibition by Tia Ranginui

Laree Payne is pleased to present a new body of work by Gallery artist, Tia Ranginui (Ngāti Hine Oneone), the second ever solo exhibition in the Gallery space by Ranginui since her first (self titled) exhibition in 2021. 

A cogitation on the gentrification of Castlecliff in Whanganui (a community that Ranginui has been a part of throughout her life), Ranginui's newest body of work carries the title Home Kill; a term which originates here, in Aotearoa, and speaks to the practice of slaughtering farmed animals for personal consumption. Of course it also alludes to the killing of a home, and as described by Aidan Ritchie in his supporting text, refers specifically to the unique, diverse, rugged and creative community that can be found in Castlecliff.

Comprising six works (five recent, one earlier), Home Kill reveals flux, discomfort, sorrow, and beauty whilst giving way to a sense of change, loss, and longing. Characteristically actuated through the use of props, this time in the form of taxidermied animals, Ranginui's Home Kill is distinctively her own whilst also recalling gothic and elemental works by the likes of Peter Peryer and Theo Schoon. 

Of and centered around the goings-on of a particular place, Home Kill  speaks (simultaneously and in an uncanny manner) to many, much larger and more pervasive global issues which for many, feel inescapably close at present. 

To see the exhibition please go to the Viewing Room.