Pacific Arts Aotearoa: The Powerful and Dynamic Legacy of Pacific Arts in Aotearoa, as Told by the Artists Themselves - Hardcover
by Lana Lopesi (Editor)
Dynamic, fresh, powerful; this is Pacific Arts in Aotearoa New Zealand
Pacific Arts Aotearoa tells the dynamic and powerful story of Pacific arts in Aotearoa New Zealand. This comprehensive account spans six decades of multidisciplinary Pacific creative genius, remembering the diverse, fresh and energetic contributions of Pacific artists to New Zealand, Oceania and the world. Edited by leading Pacific writer and scholar Lana Lopesi, this book includes over 300 images and contributions from more than 120 artists, curators and community voices, providing new and previously unheard perspectives on this vast and growing legacy, in one volume. Published in association with Pacific Arts, Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa as part of the Pacific Arts Legacy Project, an initiative under the Pacific Arts Strategy.Dr Lana Lopesi (MNZM) is an Assistant Professor in the department of indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. There she teaches across her research areas of Pacific Islander studies, Indigenous feminism and contemporary art. She is the author of False Divides (2018) and Bloody Woman (2021) which was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Lana is a co-editor of Towards a Grammar of Race in Aotearoa New Zealand (2022) and Pacific Spaces (2022)
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