Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

Auckland, AUCKLAND

My visual practice grows out of my background as a Foundational Māori Curator & Māori Art Historian .

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He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho Image: The Albert-Eden Local Board defines mauri in the following way: 'Mauri is the life force of all components of the waterway: the living plants and animals, the waters and rocks, and the energy which binds it all. Mauri is a symbol of vitality, life andhealth.' Mauri is also present in wānanga 'the tribal stories we tell - narratives' This window installation at Modal House is the title piece for He Mauri. The cyanotype print on cotton/linen was created with natural UV in Ōwairaka during February 2024 after a number of months of experimenting with the technique on paper and fibre on a smaller scale. This work features a banana leaf that comes from a Rarotongan specimen I grew on in my own garden and which I shared with the Cook Island artist/curator Jim Vivieaere (who also lived locally in Mt Albert). I was interested in the mystical ethereal nature of the prussian blue of cyanotype in helping create a mood for 'He Mauri' and also in setting the work in a timeless state that suggested the continuum I needed to recount wānanga 'ancesrtal narratives'.
The Albert-Eden Local Board defines mauri in the following way: 'Mauri is the life force of all components of the waterway: the living plants and animals, the waters and rocks, and the energy which binds it all. Mauri is a symbol of vitality, life andhealth.' Mauri is also present in wānanga 'the tribal stories we tell - narratives' This window installation at Modal House is the title piece for He Mauri. The cyanotype print on cotton/linen was created with natural UV in Ōwairaka during February 2024 after a number of months of experimenting with the technique on paper and fibre on a smaller scale. This work features a banana leaf that comes from a Rarotongan specimen I grew on in my own garden and which I shared with the Cook Island artist/curator Jim Vivieaere (who also lived locally in Mt Albert). I was interested in the mystical ethereal nature of the prussian blue of cyanotype in helping create a mood for 'He Mauri' and also in setting the work in a timeless state that suggested the continuum I needed to recount wānanga 'ancesrtal narratives'.
He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho Image: detail of 'He Mauri'
He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

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The making of large scale cyanotype within 'He Mauri' exhibition, MODAL, 845 New Nth Rd Mt Albert 5-24, April 2024

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'Can Plants Tell Histories?' This is a segment of a kōrero given in conjunction with "He Mauri' an exhibition of cyanotypes and paintings by Dr Rangihīroa Panoho at MODAL House, 845 New North Rd Mt Albert. Panoho iis part of a local community programme of re-planting natives to compliment original volcanic remnant ngahere. He propagates and grows natives from seedlings and trades with others to strengthen his own collections. Panoho argues the agency of plants and our key role as kaitiaki o ngā taonga tuku iho 'guardians of treasures handed down by the ancestors' in nurturing and maintaining our natives. In relation to the show this kaupapa is an extension of the central role of the kūmara in the story of the Mataatua waka which features in the story of Toroa, Puhi Moana Ariki and his niece Wairaka.

  • Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
  • He Mauri, exhibition title piece, window frontage MODAL House, 845 New North Rd, Mt Albert
  • cyanotype on cotton/linen
  • 2645 x 1490 in
  • Inv: He_Mauri1_2645
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The Albert-Eden Local Board defines mauri in the following way:

'Mauri is the life force of all components of the waterway: the living plants and animals, the waters and rocks, and the energy which binds it all. Mauri is a symbol of vitality, life andhealth.'

Mauri is also present in wānanga 'the tribal stories we tell - narratives' This window installation at Modal House is the title piece for He Mauri. The cyanotype print on cotton/linen was created with natural UV in Ōwairaka during February 2024 after a number of months of experimenting with the technique on paper and fibre on a smaller scale. This work features a banana leaf that comes from a Rarotongan specimen I grew on in my own garden and which I shared with the Cook Island artist/curator Jim Vivieaere (who also lived locally in Mt Albert). I was interested in the mystical ethereal nature of the prussian blue of cyanotype in helping create a mood for 'He Mauri' and also in setting the work in a timeless state that suggested the continuum I needed to recount wānanga 'ancesrtal narratives'.

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Other Work From Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

Maunga by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Ngākau by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Taki Toru by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
E Tū by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Puhi7 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Plants That Tell Stories by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Iwi by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Mataatua te Waka 'Mataatua is the vessel' by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Ōwairaka by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
T Ā N E III by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
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