Rakaumangamanga 21 Oketopa 1984 by Robert Ellis

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Rakaumangamanga 21 Oketopa 1984

Rakaumangamanga 21 Oketopa 1984

Artist

Robert Ellis
Production Date

1984
Medium

oil on canvas
Size

1795 x 1910 mm
Credit

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Gift Collection, 2014
Accession Number

2014/8/3
Accession Date

16 Apr 2014
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Painting
Collection

AAG
Subjects

landscapes (representations), abstraction
Description

An interest in maps, aerial views and attitudes to land, inspired by working as an aerial survey photographer was evident in Robert Ellis' 1968 "Motorway" series. The graphic emphasis continues in later work based on Te Rawhiti, his wife's home, (a small Maori community in Northland), and Rakaumangamanga, a mountain sacred to Nga Puhi people.
from 'Cross Currents' exhibition, 1991