Jointly developed by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Te Papa, Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here is a retrospective exhibition of work by contemporary Aotearoa artist Dame Robin White (Ngāti Awa, Pākehā).
Explore celebrated portraits and landscapes from the 1970s, alongside more recent, ambitious collaborative works made by White with artists from across the Pacific.
A project of national importance, Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here features works from across a 50-year career and builds on over a decade of research. It is supported by an accompanying publication, Robin White: Something is Happening Here, which includes fresh perspectives by 24 writers and interviewees from Aotearoa, Australia and Te-Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa, the Pacific.
‘Auckland is the city where my art education began in a serious way, and visits to the Auckland City Art Gallery with my parents were a significant aspect of my early awakening to the importance of art. During these visits, I felt nurtured, nourished, and challenged,’ says White.
‘For my work to now be in the space that has been so important to me from when I was a child, is like a joyful homecoming. I hope that the exhibition of my work will support what the Gallery has to offer as a place for all to visit and enjoy.’
Image credits: Robin White, Mere and Siulolovao, Otago Peninsula, 1978, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2004, Robin White, March, 2022 (left) Photographed by Paul Chapman, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. (right) Robin White and Te Itoiningaina Catholic Women's Training Centre, New angel 3, from the series New angel, 1998, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000 (below). Robin White and Eboni Fifita, courtesy Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (bottom)
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