Artist Talk: Ammon Ngakuru
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On the opening weekend of his solo exhibition Cutouts, join us for a talk with Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Ammon Ngakuru. Including new paintings and assemblage sculptures, Ngakuru explores the material economies of gathered objects and a particular architectural site—the now permanently closed Mormon Church College of New Zealand, where the artist attended school. Cutouts prompts us to reconsider biography or identity, exploring the way history is read in the post-colonial context of Aotearoa New Zealand.
About Ammon Ngakuru
Ammon Ngakuru lives in Tāmaki Makaurau. He holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Auckland University of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts. Recent exhibitions include: The Tomorrow People, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Pōneke Wellington, 2017; A Shelter for Amnesic Relatives, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2017; Thoughts on Secrecy, RM, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2017; Many Happy Returns, Hopkinson Mossman, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2018; and Uncomfortable Silence, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch, 2020.
Image: Ammon Ngakuru, Research image, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist.
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