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A Maori-fied Piano
Artist is Michael Te Rakato Parekowhai is a NZ sculptor and a professor at the University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts. He is of Ngāriki Rotoawe and Ngāti Whakarongo descent and his mother is of European ancestry or 'Pākehā' . Parekowhai was awarded an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award in 2001. He represented New Zealand at the 2011 Venice biennale , though since this time ,however, he does not like his photo taken ?
www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-art-city/how-influential-art...
A Maori-fied Piano
Artist is Michael Te Rakato Parekowhai is a NZ sculptor and a professor at the University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts. He is of Ngāriki Rotoawe and Ngāti Whakarongo descent and his mother is of European ancestry or 'Pākehā' . Parekowhai was awarded an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award in 2001. He represented New Zealand at the 2011 Venice biennale , though since this time ,however, he does not like his photo taken ?
www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-art-city/how-influential-art...