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NZ artist Lorene Taurerewa will also open there in October. Both Tuffery and Pule have exhibited in Rarotonga.Įarlier this year the American Indian Community House hosted the NZ Maori festival of Matariki which was so well received, it will now become an annual event. In 2004, the Asia Society hosted ‘Paradise Now?’ an exhibition of New Zealand and Pacific contemporary art that included Peter Peryer, Michel Tuffery, Bill Hammond, John Ioane and John Pule. Viewing the new Oceanic Gallery of the Metropolitan Museum, we discovered a rare Mitiaro staff god in exceptional condition displayed alongside a Rarotongan staff god. Meeting with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Indian Community House, The Smithsonian and the Asia Society,we were pleased to hear the various opinions and avenues available to contemporary art practice from the Pacific. Famous museums, Broadway shows, 5th Avenue, Soho, Greenwich Village, Harlem, Times Square, Yankee Stadium, Wall Street, Ground Zero, 1800 restaurants and bars… the list really is inexhaustible.īut, we were here for a different reason – to research modern contemporary art, its place (and potentially ours) in American art circles and return a part of the NYC experience to Avarua. Nothing can really prepare the uninitiated but it is surprising how quickly you come to terms with the city that never sleeps.ĭepending on how much time you have, there is an everlasting supply of experiences in NYC. But, hey this is America after all, and it just wouldn’t be the same without it.
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It is very much a celebrity city, a self sustaining, hyped up, mega entity that runs at one speed, full speed, 24/7.Īfter the initial shock wears off, NYC turns on a surprisingly human side, people are very polite and if you can’t follow the grid layout of the city, directions are easy to find.Ĭonsumerism, capitalism, voyeurism and narcissism are all city staples as is ‘talk culture’ – the uniquely American blight that has elevated verbal diahorrea to an art form. Imagine UK rock star Robbie Williams at full throttle. New York’s mantra could quite easily be ‘Let meeeeeeee entertain you’.
This state of affairs is further convoluted by 46 million tourists who visit this global capital city and spend USD28 billion while in town (2007 estimates). New York is indeed the centre of the western universe (as far as it is concerned) and all are perfectly welcome, in fact the more the merrier.Ī virtual human zoo, New York is a gargantuan city of 8.2 million ‘locals’ crammed on to an island of 22.7 square miles. Via COOK ISLANDS NEWS - SATURDAY 30 AUGUST 2008, Arts:Īmerican writer Thomas Wolfe wrote, ‘One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes, as in five years.’ Beachcomber art directors Mahiriki Tangaroa and Ben Bergman (right) with Virginia-Lee Webb, research curator for the department of the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
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