Darryn George: Atua

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Where: Woollaston Estates, 243 Old Coach Road, Mahana, Upper Moutere Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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Admission: Free

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Auta – is the Maori translation of God. “There was a period just after the Christchurch earthquake, in February (2011), where I started painting word paintings – neon sign type paintings – with words like Rata-Doctor, Kaitiaki-Keeper, etc. They were like signs that you find outside of the Doctor's surgery or places of aid. While they operate as titles for different important aid occupations, they are also the tiles for God. As this series grew I started to use the word Atua – God. Repeated over and over – The word appears like a prayer for help” ( D George, July 2011).

Western abstraction and Maori kowhaiwhai painting inform Darryn George’s paintings. The starting point for is reading and understanding. Through his painting George pursues learning and objects as repositories of knowledge. George uncovers thematic ideas which he then links to the painting series within his practice. Previous series include Pukapuka (book), works which comprised books stacked in bookshelves; Kete, referencing the stories of Tane and his challenge to attain the three sacred baskets (kete) of knowledge; and Rarohiko, a series paintings on the exchange and transmission of knowledge in a digital age.