Maori and Pakeha: Tradition and appropriation in New Zealand Art
By Nicholas Thomas

EMILY KARAKA, Tangata Kore, 1984, oil on hessian, 158.8 × 89.4 cm, collection Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui.
Remarkable at once for its diversity and coherence, the exhibition “Whatu Aho Rua: weaving together of traditional and contemporary taonga” presented an exciting and transgressive combination of contemporary art forms and museum treasures (or taonga) by both Maori and Pakeha artists.