Artists question ethnographic gaze in London ethKnowcentrix – Museums Inside the Artist, 10 Sep – 10 Oct 2009 Shigeyuki Kihara – George Nuku – Rosanna Raymond – Lisa Reihana The first exhibition of its kind in London, ethKnowcentrix – Museums Inside the Artist features mixed media and performance work exploring the idea of the ethnographic […]
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Le Folauga tours to Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
‘Le Folauga’ is a group exhibition curated by Fuli Pereira (Curator, Auckland Museum, New Zealand) and Ron Brownson (Curator, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand) for the Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust – an Auckland, New Zealand-based, non-profit organisation which supports the growth and development of contemporary Pacific art in New Zealand and worldwide. The ‘Le […]
‘Hand in Hand’ group exhibition in Tasmania, Australia
‘Hand in Hand’ is a group exhibition which explores the experiences of indigenous and ‘queer’ artists from Australia and the Pacific, curated by Jenny Fraser and Shigeyuki Kihara. The ‘Hand in Hand’ exhibition was formerly staged at Performance Space and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative – both venues based in Sydney – earlier this year. The […]
‘Assume Nothing’ exhibition touring Aotearoa New Zealand
Assume Nothing is intended to challenge perceptions about gender identity. The touring exhibition is based on the book of the same name published by artist and photographer Rebecca Swan in 2004. The exhibition features photographs and interviews with more than 20 people from New Zealand. They include such well-known personalities as former MP, Georgina Beyer […]
New York side events…
While in New York, Shigeyuki will be giving other talks hosted by these great institutions – sorry, not open to the public: October 9 New York University www.nyu.edu October 10 Parsons The New School For Design www.parsons.newschool.edu November 6 CREA New York www.creaworld.org
Shigeyuki Kihara Solo Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
‘Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photographs’ October 7, 2008 – February 1, 2009 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, 1st floor 1000 Fifth Avenue. New York, New York 10028, USA http://www.metmuseum.org Special Events held in association with the exhibition: Sunday at the Met – ‘Taualuga; the last dance’ Live performance by Shigeyuki Kihara October […]
Going to the USA
I have an upcoming solo exhibition entitled ‘Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photography’ curated by Virginia-Lee Webb held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York opening on the 7th October 2008, ending 1st February 2009. I will be traveling over to New York city in late September for the official opening reception held on the 7th […]
Shigeyuki Kihara photography on show at New York Museum
Shigeyuki Kihara Media Release for Immediate International Release 19 September 2008 Shigeyuki Kihara photography on show at New York Museum In an outstanding career move, Auckland-based artist Shigeyuki Kihara will encounter one of the world’s foremost art institutions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art when her solo exhibition opens in October. The exhibition ‘Shigeyuki Kihara: Living […]
Metropolitan Museum Hosts Photographs by Samoan Multimedia Artist – Shigeyuki Kihara
NEW YORK CITY – Sixteen photographs by contemporary artist Shigeyuki Kihara (b. 1975, Samoa) are on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This marks the first presentation of Samoan contemporary art at the Museum….
ethKnowcentrix: Museums Inside the Artist
ethKnowcentrix: Museums Inside the Artist, October Gallery By John Jervis ArtAsiaPacific | Issue #67 Of the four artists in “ethKnowcentrix,” a group show of contemporary Pacific art, it is co-curator Rosanna Raymond, born in New Zealand of Samoan descent, whose engaging works dominated the exhibition space through quantity, diversity and force of personality. Costume, photography […]