Michael Parekowhai creates sculptures and installations that combine Māori history, colonial imagery, popular culture and the language of public monuments. Familiar objects and figures are enlarged, polished and subtly recontextualized.
Sculpture; photography; installation
Major Works
- 1999Ten Guitars
- 2011On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
- 2017The Lighthouse
- 2012The World Turns
- 1990The Indefinite Article
- 2006Cosmo McMurtry
- 1999The Brothers Grimm
- 2001The Consolation of Philosophy
- 2007Jim McMurtry
- 2011Chapman’s Homer
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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