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The World Turns 2011-12

Accession No.
2012.506a-c
Date Created
2011-12
Gallery location
On display in GOMA surrounds
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
488 x 456 x 293cm (approx.)
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
metal
Medium
Bronze
Place Created
Auckland
Credit Line
Commissioned 2011 to mark the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Gallery of Modern Art in 2006 and 20 years of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through art+place Queensland Public Art Fund and from the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

In The World Turns, Michael Parekowhai casts a small native water rat, the kuril, in the role of hero. Along with the traditional Aboriginal custodians, the kuril is one of the caretakers of the land upon which the Gallery and this sculpture stand. The kuril is intrinsically linked to the mangroves that weave around the Kurilpa Point shoreline, which feed it and provide it with shelter, and that these trees, with their strong tentacle-like roots, are the source of nourishment for a diverse ecology.
 

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APT7 Opening Weekend visitors view Takahiro Iwasaki's Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) 2010–12

‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Dec 2012 - Apr 2013

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