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Back to EpisodesLegendary advocate for Māori art Elizabeth Ellis
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
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The late art historian Jonathan Mane Wheoki has referred to Te Tai Tokerau in the North as the crucible of Māori art. Such were the number of groundbreaking modern Māori artists to come from this region in the 1950s and 1960s.Also among them is Elizabeth Mountain Ellis, who features with many in Te Ao Hurihuri, an exhibition of work by this generation at the Wairau Māori Art gallery in Whangarei.