Shane Cotton
BORN: UPPER HUTT IN 1964 AND IS NGAPUHI, HAPU, NGATI RANGI AND NGATI HINE DESCENT. GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY.
Whakapiri Atu Te Whenua
Whakapiri Atu Te Whenua is the depiction of a stylised pot plant.
The structure of the images approximates the tahuhu (ridge pole) of a whare whakairo (meeting house).
Upon the stems of the plant a series of images unfold in a type of visual whakapapa that connects and references history, and art history: Maori and Pakeha.
Whakapiri Atu Te Whenua offers a bi-cultural representation.
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