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We would be pleased if you could join us for the opening of our Matariki Celebration featuring Deborah Duncan's Korowai Exhibition and Béatrice Carlson's 'Who is the Pest, I am the Pest!' at the Depot Artspace on Saturday 15 June, 3 - 4.30pm.

Matariki Celebration – Deborah Duncan:
Korowai Exhibition
Opening in the Outerspace Gallery

Descended from Ngati Paoa, Deborah Duncan presents a comprehensive exhibition of traditional and contemporary Maori flax weaving. Duncan’s magnificent Korowai (cloak) woven with 25,000 feathers creates a story and celebrates the life of ‘Te Hana’. This will be shown alongside a unique and original Kōauau kete (flute bag) and a Waka Huia (treasure chest) both intertwined with feathers.

Duncan combines traditional technique with fashion in her Taniko (patterns) that have been woven with modern beads called ‘Kowhaiwhai Bling’. She often moves between customary and fine art materials in her practice. This is represented in her sculptural barbed wire kete symbolising the weaver’s struggles through life.

Matariki Celebration – Béatrice Carlson
Vernacular Lounge

As part of Matariki Celebration at the Depot Artspace Béatrice Carlson will be exhibiting “Who is the Pest, I am the Pest!” This work was runner up at the 2010 New Zealand World of WearableArt Awards (WOW) in the South Pacific Section. As a new media artist, Carlson works with Perspex as well as fabric where she digitally paints her work stitching together photographs to create a visual narrative.

Despite being French, “Who is the Pest, I am the Pest” reflects Carlson’s Kiwi origins representing her deep attachment to New Zealand culture and history.

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