Unnerved: The New Zealand Project
Maud Page, Wystan Curnow and more
192 pages paperback colour illustrations
This richly illustrated publication — bringing together more than 120 works by over 30 artists, from the late 1960s to the present — explores a particularly rich, dark vein in contemporary New Zealand art and cinema and includes a strong focus on photography and moving-image works.
Lead essays by Maud Page, Senior Curator, Pacific Art, and Wystan Curnow, Professor of English at the University of Auckland, examine New Zealand’s contemporary artistic practice in terms of complex traditions and histories, as well as a changing social, political and cultural landscape, while short essays explore the work of each artist in turn.
Major sculptures by Michael Parekowhai, installations by Lisa Reihana and Michael Stevenson, and photographic series by Yvonne Todd, Gavin Hipkins, Anne Noble and Greg Semu feature alongside film and video art by Sriwhana Spong and Nathan Pohio, as well as the work of emerging artists James Oram and Lorene Taurerewa.
The exhibition ‘Unnerved: The New Zealand Project’ is at the Gallery of Modern Art and Australian Cinémathèque until 4 July 2010, and will travel to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, later in 2010.
The publication is available from the Gallery Store and online
