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AJ Manaaki Hope
A.J Manaaki Hope is an interdisciplinary artist whose visual and audio works set out to challenge colonial perspectives and celebrate the power of whakapapa. Born and raised in Ōtepoti with honokā across Murihiku, he is currently based in Ōtaki studying whakairo at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Often working with recycled native materials, A.J’s practice follows themes of displacement, drawing upon their whakapapa to the land in their journey of self-discovery. In his most recent work, titled ‘Kōhure’ a part of a new series A.J has been working on named ‘Ū kai pō.’ This piece has been created from an up-cycled Rimu barn door with an additional carved Kauri key that slots into its original keyhole. A.J used a slow and deliberate process to work with the rākau - inscribing and painting a figure riding on horseback upon its surface, whilst maintaining the integrity of the texture and colour of the original barn door. The door itself is a symbol of colonial agricultural structures and the Hōiho - an introduced species that quickly became a novelty to Māori:
“In a Western canon, horses often symbolise domestication, conquest, and empire but they were also part of daily survival, labour, and kinship there too. And for Māori, that relationship also carried agency - mobility, communication, protest, tino rakatirataka.” - A.J Manaaki Hope
Kōhure (Ū Kai Pō #1)
$3,900.00
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Title: Kōhure (Ū Kai Pō #1)
Artist: AJ Manaaki Hope
Iwi: Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Māhuta
Description: Painting
Created with upcycled Rimu barn door and carved Kauri key
Materials: Oil paint, linseed oil, recycled Rīmu, Kauri
Dimensions: 800 X 1440 mm
Purchase information: this piece is being exhibited elsewhere in October before it can be taken home
Freight: Arranged by email
Brand
AJ Manaaki Hope
“In a Western canon, horses often symbolise domestication, conquest, and empire but they were also part of daily survival, labour, and kinship there too. And for Māori, that relationship also carried agency - mobility, communication, protest, tino rakatirataka.” - A.J Manaaki Hope
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