The art of Peata Larkin (Te Arawa, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is often described in terms of weaving, whether that be the fabric through which paint is squeezed in her immediately recognisable technique, the resemblance to woven tukutuku panels, or the allusions to digitised data, genetic electrophoresis, and whakapapa. In this new body of work Peata Larkin explores the ancestral energies emerging from her recent book collaboration You Are Here with her cousin, writer, Whiti Hereaka (Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tumatawera, and Tainui). You Are Here is the sixth book of Massey University Press’ Kōrero series.
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they have watched your line grow (2024) Acrylic on embroidered silk
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You are here (pg 5), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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Do you count minutes, days, years? (pg 21), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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Perhaps your only home (pg 23), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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A reminder of the cord that once supported you (pg 32), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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Breathe in. Breathe out. (pg 36), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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you see a map to yourself (pg 48), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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in the waters of your soul (pg 54), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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you know the shape of your language (pg 70), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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Remember you are not alone on this journey.Know you never were. (pg 82), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned) 460mm x 370 mm
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even if you were as big and deep as this lake (pg 78), 2024 Giclée print (drum scanned)
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