Ngā Pae Maumahara

1999

Saffronn Te Ratana

Ngataiharuru Taepa

Accessible

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Acrylic paint
  • Canvas

Dimensions

  • H1020 x W7280mm

Saffronn Te Ratana (Ngāi Tuhoe) & Ngataiharuru Taepa (Te Ati Awa, Te Arawa), ‘Ngā Pae Maumahara’ (1999), Massey University, Turitea Campus, Te Papa-i-oea Palmerston North

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

Description

Canvas is hung as a frieze wrapping around an external corner of wall, above doors and windows. The painting is made up of a repetitive geometric pattern of isosceles triangles within which further patterns of triangles, diamonds and zigzag lines. Colours include ochre, orange, dark red and mid-brown.