Ko au te wahine Māori / Mihi George.
Publication details: [Auckland, N.Z. : Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, 2006].Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cmOther title:- I am the Māori woman
- Karaka, Emily, 1952-
- Prince, Dianne
- Kipa, Julie
- Graham, Charlotte, 1971-
- Urlich, Colleen
- Corneal, Paerau
- Te Waru Rewiri, Kura, 1950-
- Kngwarreye, Emily Kame, 1910-1996
- Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-
- Postcolonialism and the arts
- Hegemony
- Gender and culture
- Identity
- Arts, Māori
- Art -- New Zealand -- 21st century
- Women artists -- New Zealand
- Cosmology, Māori
- Pottery -- New Zealand
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library Dissertations | Dissertations | DISS 06-15 GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | 0007188 |
"In partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Master of Fine Arts Degree Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design"
Includes bibliographical references.
The journey by indigenous women artists to define themselves on their own terms is a cultural dialogue informed by colonisation, ethnicity and gender. Indigenous systems of value and cultural mores are overlaid by those of the colonising majority. This historical context frames the way in which indigenous women perceive what is possible to realise within the visual arts. Often what is seen as possible is articulated both within the parameters of the mainstream and the boundaries of their own culture. The works of contemporary indigenous women are empowered by cultural heritage and they demonstrate a robust response to social and political and local and global milieu. Indigenous women artists are connected by tribal memories of ancestry and the feminist space we all occupy as women and regardless of the medium these women communicate universal messages. Based on a framework of Māori cultural references including cosmological meta-narratives and whakapapa Māori women have incorporated traditional practice with a Western aesthetic as a source of motivation and inspiration promulgating the unique aspects of Māori culture. Māori women artists have taken the visual language of the culture and interpreted it into contemporary art idiom as a potent political declaration that reaffirms their traditional status in Aotearoa.