‘Unnerved: The NZ Project’
May 2010 -
Jul 2010
![Michael Parekowhai / Installation view of Jim McMurtry 2004 in GOMA’s Long Gallery for ‘Unnerved’, April 2010 / Courtesy: The artist and Michael Lett, Auckland / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA](/index.php/system/files/styles/wide/private/2024-03/GoMA_Unnerved_20100423_nharth_013.jpg?itok=PBf3vQCi)
Holdings of contemporary work from New Zealand have grown rapidly since the early 1990s, partly through increased awareness and interest in the Asia Pacific Triennial exhibitions.
‘Unnerved’ explores a particularly rich dark vein that recurs in New Zealand contemporary art and cinema. Psychological or physical unease pervades many works in the exhibition, with humour, parody and poetic subtlety among the strategies used by artists across generations and genres.
Major sculptures by Michael Parekowhai, installations by Lisa Reihana and Michael Stevenson and photographic series by Yvonne Todd, Anne Noble and Greg Semu are featured alongside video art by Sriwhana Spong and Nathan Pohio.
‘Unnerved’ included works fromthe QAGOMA Collection as well as works on loan. Find out more about Collection works featured this exhibition below.
‘Unnerved’ was on display across the Gallery of Modern Art from 1 May to 4 Jul 2010.
Feature image: Michael Parekowhai / Jim McMurtry 2004 installed for ‘Unnerved’, GOMA, April 2010 / Courtesy: The artist and Michael Lett, Auckland / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA
Collection artworks featured in ‘Unnerved: The NZ Project’
![© Duncan Cole Artwork Daughter of the high chief (from 'Savage nobility' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.316_001_4.jpg?itok=KXthbDHP)
Daughter of the high chief (from 'Savage nobility' series) 2001, printed 2004
- COLE, Duncan - Photographer
- KIHARA, Yuki - Concept developer
![© Duncan Cole Artwork Tama and his vahine (from 'Savage nobility' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.317_002_0.jpg?itok=OCQPxxKh)
Tama and his vahine (from 'Savage nobility' series) 2001, printed 2004
- COLE, Duncan - Photographer
- KIHARA, Yuki - Concept developer
![© Duncan Cole Artwork The high chief and his subjects (from 'Savage nobility' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.315_002_0.jpg?itok=AgAoKc9r)
The high chief and his subjects (from 'Savage nobility' series) 2001, printed 2004
- COLE, Duncan - Photographer
- KIHARA, Yuki - Concept developer
![© Duncan Cole Artwork Three sisters (from 'Savage nobility' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.318_003_0.jpg?itok=NRVosoFc)
Three sisters (from 'Savage nobility' series) 2001, printed 2004
- COLE, Duncan - Photographer
- KIHARA, Yuki - Concept developer
![© Bill Culbert Estate Artwork Table leg this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1982-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2002.197_001_4.jpg?itok=lIj1Ik0f)
Table leg 1982, printed 2002
- CULBERT, Bill - Creator
![© Bill Culbert Estate Artwork Sunset III this artwork made of Cibachrome photograph on paper, created in 1992-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2002.153_001_4.jpg?itok=DUKcQmm_)
Sunset III 1992
- CULBERT, Bill - Creator
![Max Gimblett Artwork Balls this artwork made of Sumi ink, synthetic polymer paint and pencil on American H.M.P. handmade paper, created in 1990-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2000.091_001_3.jpg?itok=Kh7Gx1CP)
Balls 1990/92/94/97
- GIMBLETT, Max - Creator
![Max Gimblett Artwork Brisbane - 3 this artwork made of Ink, drypoint and gold leaf on Indian handmade paper, created in 1993-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2000.082_001_3.jpg?itok=qnDHe4X6)
Brisbane - 3 1993
- GIMBLETT, Max - Creator
![© Julian Hooper Artwork Bat (from 'Liliu' series) this artwork made of Watercolour and collage on paper, created in 2007-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.116.029_001_4.jpg?itok=RmtKYngl)
Bat (from 'Liliu' series) 2007
- HOOPER, Julian - Creator
![The artist Artwork Cinco this artwork made of Building paper, created in 2002-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2003.076a-p_001_3.jpg?itok=5aiY01Qx)
Cinco 2002
- HUTCHINSON, Lonnie - Creator
![© Anne Noble Artwork Ruby's room no. 6 this artwork made of Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, created in 1999-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2006.239_001_4.jpg?itok=8jzN4-Ng)
Ruby's room no. 6 1999
- NOBLE, Anne - Creator
![© Anne Noble Artwork Ruby's room no. 10 this artwork made of Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, created in 2000-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2006.240_001_4.jpg?itok=Uq-bT5b2)
Ruby's room no. 10 2000
- NOBLE, Anne - Creator
![© Anne Noble Artwork Ruby's room no. 16 this artwork made of Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2006.241_001_4.jpg?itok=7wXPDLZv)
Ruby's room no. 16 2001
- NOBLE, Anne - Creator
![© Anne Noble Artwork Ruby's room no. 17 this artwork made of Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2006.242_001_4.jpg?itok=GnkfDxPN)
Ruby's room no. 17 2001
- NOBLE, Anne - Creator
![© Anne Noble Artwork Ruby's room no. 22 this artwork made of Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, created in 2002-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2006.243_001_4.jpg?itok=iN0-E9rQ)
Ruby's room no. 22 2002
- NOBLE, Anne - Creator
![© Anne Noble Artwork Ruby's room no. 33 this artwork made of Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, created in 2005-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2006.244_001_4.jpg?itok=rxRVxC7J)
Ruby's room no. 33 2005
- NOBLE, Anne - Creator
![James Oram Artwork Feeling the burn this artwork made of Digital Betacam: 19:27 minutes, colour, sound, created in 2006-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.333_001_still_3.jpg?itok=7Br650kl)
Feeling the burn 2006
- ORAM, James - Creator
![Fiona Pardington Artwork Wha tekau ma tahi Auhunga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand Heitiki made by a Parihaka ploughman imprisoned in Dunedin (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, gold toned on Forte Hungarian fibre-based archival paper, created in 2002-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2007.069_002.jpg?itok=ysIHKvMD)
Wha tekau ma tahi Auhunga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand Heitiki made by a Parihaka ploughman imprisoned in Dunedin (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' 2002, printed 2006
- PARDINGTON, Fiona - Creator
![© Michael Parekowhai Artwork Acts II this artwork made of Wood, enamel paint, created in 1994-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.128a-c_002_5.jpg?itok=AwIqCoU7)
Acts II 1994
- PAREKŌWHAI, Michael - Creator
![© Michael Parekowhai Artwork The Horn of Africa this artwork made of Wood, fibreglass, steel, brass, automotive paint, created in 2006-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.044a-k_019_5.jpg?itok=-yiOzQG1)
The Horn of Africa 2006
- PAREKŌWHAI, Michael - Creator
![© Michael Parekowhai Artwork Kapa Haka (Whero) this artwork made of Automotive paint on fibreglass, created in 2003-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2009.219_001.jpg?itok=s7GML10z)
Kapa Haka (Whero) 2003
- PAREKŌWHAI, Michael - Creator
![Campbell Patterson Artwork Chewing brothers this artwork made of Digital Betacam (transferred from Digital Video): 2:59 minutes, colour, sound, created in 2005-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.342_001_still_3.jpg?itok=3uV8jx4G)
Chewing brothers 2005
- PATTERSON, Campbell - Creator
![Peter Peryer Artwork Dead steer this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1987-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.189_001_4.jpg?itok=77sBVID9)
Dead steer 1987
- PERYER, Peter - Creator
![Peter Peryer Artwork Marsden cross this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1994-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.188_001_4.jpg?itok=oC-lTOLb)
Marsden cross 1994
- PERYER, Peter - Creator
![Nathan Pohio Artwork Landfall of a spectre this artwork made of Digital (AVI) file: 1:55 minutes, black and white, silent, created in 2007-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.345_008_still_4.jpg?itok=HyA8YDlU)
Landfall of a spectre 2007
- POHIO, Nathan - Creator
![John Pule Artwork Untitled this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1998-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2005.207_001_3.jpg?itok=o9D5Q3KF)
Untitled 1998
- PULE, John - Creator
![Lisa Reihana Artwork A Maori dragon story this artwork made of Digital video transferred from 16mm film: 16:14 minutes, colour, stereo sound, 4:3 aspect ratio, created in 1995-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2002.182_001_detail_4.jpg?itok=eLZunMnW)
A Maori dragon story 1995
- REIHANA, Lisa - Creator
![Lisa Reihana Artwork Digital Marae this artwork made of Colour cibachrome photographs mounted on aluminium and DVD: 3:30 minutes, colour, sound, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2002.183a-f_007_part%20a_3.jpg?itok=j2kgrMF0)
Digital Marae 2001
- REIHANA, Lisa - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
The colander 1967
- SMITHER, Michael - Creator
![Sriwhana Spong Artwork Candlestick Park this artwork made of Digital file (Quicktime uncompressed file on a mini hard drive, transferred from Super 8): 6:33 minutes, black and white, sound, created in 2006-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.347_007_still_4.jpg?itok=hQhK9I4g)
Candlestick Park 2006
- SPONG, Sriwhana - Creator
![© Michael Stevenson Artwork Too artistic to drive this artwork made of Photocopy and collage on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2009.044.003_23-1.jpg?itok=LYBGlFP-)
Too artistic to drive 1996
- STEVENSON, Michael - Creator
![© Yvonne Todd Artwork January this artwork made of Lightjet print on paper, created in 2006-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2007.160_001_4.jpg?itok=aaL91la3)
January 2006
- TODD, Yvonne - Creator
![© Sima Urale Artwork O Tamaiti this artwork made of 35mm film and Betacam SP formats: 15 minutes, black and white, stereo, created in 1996-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.130_001_filmstill.jpg?itok=zJEgpMjy)
O Tamaiti 1996
- URALE, Sima - Creator
![© Sima Urale Artwork Still Life this artwork made of 35mm film and Digital Betacam formats: 10:59 minutes, colour, stereo, created in 2001-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2005.356_001_filmstill.jpg?itok=iAb_1WWN)
Still Life 2001
- URALE, Sima - Creator
![© Yvonne Todd Artwork Alice Bayke this artwork made of Cotton warp with wool and cotton weft, created in 2008-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.306_001_5.jpg?itok=3ZEVk42b)
Alice Bayke 2008
- TODD, Yvonne - Designer
- VICTORIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP - Workshop
- BATTEN, Sue - Weaver
- CORNALL, Amy - Weaver