He Pānui Anō ā Mātou ki a Koutou!
Another announcement from all of us to all of you!

PĀNiA!, Yllwbro and A.A.M. Bos
The Dutch Embassy
1 May – 22 June 2019
In collaboration with Te Tuhi

The True Artist Helps the World by Asking for Trust continues at Mokopōpaki on Karangahape Road in the spinoff exhibition The Dutch Embassy. Here PĀNiA! in association with Yllwbro and A.A.M. Bos interrogates relations between people and places, using humour and provocation. In painting, sculpture, installation, photography, film and foodstuffs, they propose a counter-narrative to the nationally sanctioned 2019 commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the landing in Aotearoa by James Cook. Led by PĀNiA! the participating artists mischievously explore the cultural consequences of a ‘what if?’ situation in reference to the first documented European to sight our islands, the Dutch merchant Abel Janszoon Tasman. In 1642, more than 100 years before Cook’s expedition, Tasman abandoned all hope of a meaningful retail encounter with local Māori, and sailed away into the sunset, guilders intact.

Co-curated by Gabriela Salgado, Artistic Director, Te Tuhi; Mokopōpaki and the artists.

Nau mai, Haere mai!

Whakarongo mai Whānau: Please note, there will be no opening event for The Dutch Embassy

Image: Yllwbro, Internal Circulation Klosterstraβe 50 (sketch) (2019).
Courtesy the artists, Te Tuhi and Mokopōpaki, Auckland.