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01 May 1988 —
29 May 1988

Maureen Lander:
Talking to a brick wall

Maureen Lander, Talking to a Brick Wall, 1988 (installation view). Harakeke (New Zealand flax), nylon netting, concrete, korari (flax flower stalks). Collection of the artist.
Maureen Lander, Talking to a Brick Wall, 1988 (detail). Harakeke (New Zealand flax), nylon netting, concrete, korari (flax flower stalks). Collection of the artist.
Maureen Lander, Talking to a Brick Wall, 1988 (installation view). Harakeke (New Zealand flax), nylon netting, concrete, korari (flax flower stalks). Collection of the artist.
Maureen Lander, Talking to a Brick Wall, 1988 (installation view). Harakeke (New Zealand flax), nylon netting, concrete, korari (flax flower stalks). Collection of the artist.
Maureen Lander, Talking to a Brick Wall, 1988 (installation view). Harakeke (New Zealand flax), nylon netting, concrete, korari (flax flower stalks). Collection of the artist.
Maureen Lander, Talking to a Brick Wall, 1988 (detail). Harakeke (New Zealand flax), nylon netting, concrete, korari (flax flower stalks). Collection of the artist.

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This installation uses features of the sculpture court space to explore the relationships and tensions which occur at the interface of opposing factors – light/heavy, flexible/inflexible, natural/man-made, traditional/contemporary, Māori/Pākehā. The search is for complementary patterns and a visual balance in which one element ceases to be dominant over its opposite, allowing both to work together in some kind of partnership.

Press

→ Auckland, INNZNA, 1988
→ Important craft exhibition shows fibre art, Eastern Courier, 11-05-1988
→ New Directions in Fibre, Craft Dyer Guild, no 25, June 1988
→ No doubt about High standard, New Zealand Herald, 05-05-1988
→ Sculpture installed, Eastern Courier, 11-05-1988