Hine Whakamauāhua: A solo exhibition by Atarangi Anderson

Laree Payne is delighted to present Hine Whakamauāhua, an exhibition by Tāmaki Makaurau based artist, Atarangi Anderson (Te Aitānga-a-Hauiti, Ngati Hauiti). 

Hine Whakamauāhua centres on remembering, seeing, witnessing, and holding as told through the embossing technique known as whakamauāhua. Whaka denotes an action, mau means to hold, to carry, to remember, and āhua speaks to essence, form, and shape. Hine Whakamauāhua becomes a navigation of form and whakapapa as seen through the eyes of wahine; as a way of asking ko wai koe? Whose waters do you descend from?

Realised in aute (paper mulberry) Anderson presents a series of medium sized works alongside three larger pieces which carry the title Ko wai koe? These pouhine, with pāua set through the centre as the falling tears of the albatross, anchor the exhibition whilst calling us to remember, remember, remember.