Untitled (from Stolen Light series)
Tia Ranginui, Artist
This is one of the
photographs
in our collection.
It was made in 2016. The place where it was made is unknown.
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Object Detail
About the Work
"Of
the
few
Indigenous
voices
in
Whanganui’s
Pākeha
dominated
contemporary
arts
scene,
I’ve
had
the
pleasure
of
engaging
with
Tia
Ranginui.
During
our
kōrero,
over
what
seemed
like
endless
cigarettes
and
gin
one
evening
at
Porridge
Watson,
I
began
to
wish
there
were
more
art
practitioners
and
thinkers
like
Tia
celebrated
in
this
town,
whose
work
bravely
engages
us
with
the
palpable
inequity
in
representation—where
power
is
still
socially,
politically
and
economically
held
by
the
descendants
of
those
who’ve
systemically
benefited
from
colonisation.
Tia’s
images
can
be
read
as
reclamations
of
space,
holding
with
them
traces
of
Tangata
Whenua
cosmologies,
with
the
occasional
use
of
humorous
subcultural
mise
en
scene
elements.
This
2016
work
by
Tia
presents
a
human
body
nestled
among
harakeke;
I
read
it
as
a
gentler
proposal:
to
consider
how
an
Indigenous
body’s
indelibly
resilient
connectivity
with
whenua
still
persists,
in
spite
of
the
histories
it
has
been
subjected
to.
I
cannot
wait
to
experience
more
mahi
like
this.
"
-
Areez
Katki
for
the
May
2023
instalment
of
the
'My
Choice'
exhibition
series.
Measurements
Image: 523 x 798 mm
Support: 555 x 839 mm
Mat board: 812 x 1015 mm
Support: 555 x 839 mm
Mat board: 812 x 1015 mm
Media
archival digital print on Hahnemühle photo rag paper
Description
Black and white photograph of a crouched nude figure in amongst flax or grasses.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of Jill Burdett, 2016.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
13 Dec 2016
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Accession Number:
2016/2/1