Books : 'Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Maori World, 1880-1910'

Abstract

Review of a book by Roger Blackley (Auckland University Press, 2018) which examines early New Zealand art galleries and their role in the complex relationships between Māori cultural objects, images and the concept of Māoriland. Considers how Māori culture was used by colonial artists and institutions to forge a distinctive Pākehā identity, and Māori engagement not only as subjects but also as patrons, collectors and audiences.