{"id":1107,"date":"2013-03-14T21:56:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T20:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzculturalgenealogymapping.wordpress.com\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2013-03-14T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T20:56:04","slug":"ralph-hotere-1931-2013-a-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depotpress.co.nz\/2013\/03\/14\/ralph-hotere-1931-2013-a-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Hotere 1931-2013: A Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vernacular Lounge, based at The Depot, is hosting a tribute to Ralph Hotere, one of Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s most significant and well-loved artists. The tribute comprises a geographical biography of Ralph\u2019s life in New Zealand, screenings of the documentary on Ralph, made by Merata Mita and a small number of publications and articles about the exhibition \u2018Hotere Country\u2019, held in the Hokianga, the area where Ralph was born and grew up.<\/b> \u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

In 2009 The Depot worked with Village Arts Gallery in Kohukohu<\/a>, Hokianga, to organise an exhibition based on a significant artwork by Ralph Hotere. The exhibition was named \u2018Hotere Country\u2019 and the work exhibited was \u2018Song of Solomon\u2019, a painting in 14 panels based on the Gulf War of 1991. The exhibition was both an opportunity to acknowledge Ralph in the place of his birth and for Hokianga artists to pay tribute to him by referencing his work in their subject matter. Depot staff and friends accompanied to Village Arts this magnificent painting, an embodiment of some of Ralph\u2019s essential concerns; his love of the land and his abhorrence of war. As he returns to Mitimiti, we honour the gift of Ralph Hotere\u2019s life to the people of this country, and we recognise also that the work we were privileged to take to the Hokianga resonates with his final journey, as it too represented \u2018\u2018a journey through light and dark, both towards and away from suffering.\u201d <\/b>Gregory O\u2019Brien<\/i><\/p>\n

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