Toi te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art

Authors Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis, with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
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Toi Te Mana is a landmark account of Māori art from the time of the tūpuna (ancestors) to the present day.

In 600 pages and over 500 extraordinary images, the book invites readers to climb on to the waka for a remarkable voyage – from ancestral weavers to contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale, from whare whakairo (carved houses) to film, and from Te Puea Hērangi to Michael Parekōwhai.

Toi Te Mana is a Māori art history, written by Māori, given to the world.

About the Authors
Deidre Brown is professor at the University of Auckland, author of Māori Architecture (Penguin, 2009) and co-author of Art in Oceania: A New History (Thames and Hudson/Yale, 2012).

Ngarino Ellis is senior lecturer at the University of Auckland and author of
A Whakapapa of Tradition: 100 Years of Ngāti Porou Carving 1830–1930 (AUP, 2016).

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Description

Publisher
Auckland University Press

Extent
320pp

Format
300mm x 245mm

Binding
Hardback

Category
Non-Fiction

Genre
Art; Indigenous

Publication Date
November 2024

Rights Available:
Translation

Rights Agents:

World
Sam Elworthy
elworthy@auckland.ac.nz

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“Toi Te Mana is a historic and groundbreaking text. The research and findings will be central to those of my generation and our students as we craft an Indigenous art history.”

— Professor Nancy Mithlo, Gender Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles

“Toi Te Mana is an outstanding publication that brings to fruition the work of two exceptional Māori scholars and their visionary collaborator, the late Māori art historian Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. The book is not only a landmark in Māori art history, it challenges us to reconceive the entire narrative of art and modernity from the perspective of Indigenous cultures worldwide.”

— Peter Brunt, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

“Toi Te Mana is a bold and ambitious endeavour by our most experienced Māori art historians responding to a desperate need. It will become a standard text of Māori art history and contribute to the global discourse on Indigenous art histories in which Māori already hold a strong and distinctive position. ”

— Anna-Marie White (Te Ātiawa), Toi Māori Aotearoa

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