{"product_id":"whenua","title":"Whenua","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt nearly 400 pages, this beautifully designed book is rich with large images of paintings, prints, sculptures, weaving, carving, ceramics, photographs and moving image artworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand have long been a powerful source of inspiration for artists. This major new book explores the importance of\u003cbr\u003ewhenua in our art history through the work of more than 100 of this country’s most celebrated artists.\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in Te Waipounamu, our greenstone isle, and reaching outwards, across Aotearoa and beyond to Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific, Whenua thoughtfully explores ideas of identity and belonging, kaitiakitaka, land use, migration, environmentalism and activism through a selection of important historical and contemporary artworks.\u003cbr\u003eA vibrant and very readable range of texts, interviews and perspectives by leading writers—including Su Ballard, Emalani Case, Huhana Smith, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes, Lily Lee, Hana O’Regan, Rebecca Rice, Matariki Williams and many more—provides insight into the many ways that whenua is fundamental to the visual language and identity of the arts in Aotearoa New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists include:\u003cbr\u003eMark Adams\u003cbr\u003eRita Angus\u003cbr\u003eJohn Gibb\u003cbr\u003eBill Hammond\u003cbr\u003eLouise Henderson Ralph Hotere\u003cbr\u003eLonnie Hutchinson Robyn Kahukiwa\u003cbr\u003eEmily Karaka\u003cbr\u003eDoris Lusk\u003cbr\u003eRiki Manuel\u003cbr\u003eColin McCahon\u003cbr\u003eJohn Miller\u003cbr\u003eBuck Nin\u003cbr\u003eJohn Pule\u003cbr\u003eBridget Reweti\u003cbr\u003eBaye Pewhairangi Riddell Olivia Spencer Bower Margaret Stoddart\u003cbr\u003eBill Sutton\u003cbr\u003eWi Taepa\u003cbr\u003eAreta Wilkinson\u003cbr\u003eand many, many more!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Whenua","offer_id":44841025831109,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Whenua_vrs_2.jpg?v=1754019052","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/whenua","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}