He Mihi ki nga Wairua Kaitiaki o te Whenua

1996

Selwyn Muru

Hidden (in storage)

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Acrylic paint
  • Canvas

Dimensions

  • H4000 x W6000mm

Selwyn Muru, 'He Mihi ki Nga Wairua Kaitiaki o te Whenua' (1996) [in situ], The University of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

2024–Current

Level 2, Building 109 (General Library), City Campus, University of Auckland, CBD, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

2023–2024

In storage

2022–2023

On display as part of "Selwyn Muru: A Life's Work" at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata

1996–2023

Level 2, Building 109 (General Library), City Campus, University of Auckland, CBD, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Artists
Credit

The University of Auckland Art Collection

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

Written on the work: “Nga Wairua Kai Tiaki I Te Whenua / The Spiritual Guardians of the Land / For Matiu Rata”

Selwyn Muru was teaching at Elam Art School at the time that this painting was created.

This work was on loan during 2022-2023 for the exhibition "Selwyn Muru: A Life's Work" at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. This coincided with the host site (University of Auckland General Library) undergoing renovations. Building works will not be complete until Semester One 2024, after which time it is planned for the work to be put back in place.

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