Join us for the fourth in our winter kōrero ‘On Further Thought: an art history lecture series’:
A Foundation for Debate — Matariki Williams
6.00pm 24 September 2025
Aho Ruruku, Ngā Mokopuna, entry from Kelburn Parade
Free, all welcome, no booking required.
Matariki Williams writes, ‘This talk will locate the Te Waka Hourua intervention in the Te Papa exhibition, ‘Signs of a Nation’, within an art historical canon. What were the moments leading up to the redaction, what followed and what legacy has the work created? The artistic assertion of the act from Te Waka Hourua challenged the immediate reaction from the museum and government officials, while further commentary in the media from Aroha Harris and Tina Barton reinforced the determination of the redacted panels as art. By situating the work within activist and artistic history in Aotearoa and overseas, what more can be learned from the work? By reading this act as both institutional critique and artistic prompt towards meaningful discourse around te Tiriti o Waitangi in this moment, what other institutional structures are also being redressed?
‘On Further Thought’ is a series of talks which address significant moments — published texts, exhibitions, art works — in local art history from the 1990s and early 2000s. The emphasis is on the act of re-reading, and on reflection itself as a productive form of research that helps us to navigate the present and energises our future art histories. We are particularly interested in research that acknowledges a changing of one’s mind, addresses misconceptions, and attends to the archive as a site of lively reclamation or transformation.
Follow this link for more information:
https://www.adamartgallery.nz/events/upcoming/on-further-thought-an-art-history-lecture-series-matariki-williams
[Image caption:
Photo courtesy Matariki Williams.]
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