Five Maori Painters
A catalogue for the Auckland Art Gallery exhibition Five Maori Painters, this book seeked to reposition Maori painting by offering an understanding of its early origins and by looking at how painting traditions have persisted while also undergoing continual development. The connection of contemporary artistic expression to past practice informed the development of the exhibition identity and publication design. The work of Maori carvers who included typography within their practice gave particular inspiration to the typeface design – as did the traditions of whakairo raranga, taniko and tukutuku.