Toi Te Mana An Indigenous History of Maori Art

Toi Te Mana - An Indigenous History of Māori Art.

By Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

Hard Cover

603 Pages and over 500 images

He toi whakairo, he mana tangata. Through artistic excellence, there is human dignity.

A landmark account in words and pictures of Māori art by Māori art historians - from Polynesian voyaging waka to contemporary Māori artists.

From ancestral weavers to contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale, from whare whakairo to film, and from Te Puea Herangi to Michael Parekowhai. The authors explore a wide field of art practice: raranga (plaiting), whatu (weaving), moko (tattoo), whakairo (carving), rakai (jewellery), kakahu (textiles), whare (architecture), toi whenua (rock art), painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation art, digital media and film. And they do so over a long time period - from the arrival of Pacific voyagers 800 years ago to contemporary artists in Aotearoa and around the world today.
Through wide-ranging chapters alongside focused breakout boxes on individual artists, movements and events, Toi Te Mana is a waka eke noa - an essential book for anyone interested in te ao Maori. Toi Te Mana is a Māori art history, written by Māori , given to the world.

Book size: 31cm x 25.5cm x 5cm

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