Sacred pathways
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Darcy Nicholas
b.1945
Te Atiawa, Māori
Ngati Ruanui
Tauranga Moana, Māori
Kāhui Maunga, Māori
Tangahoe, Māori
Ngāti Haua, Māori
Title
Sacred pathways
Details
| Production Date | 1988 |
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| Collection(s) | Collection Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. Purchased from the Monica Brewster Bequest in 1989. |
| Accession Number | 89/5 |
| Media | Acrylic on aluminium |
| Measurements | 2400 x 1200mm |
About
Statement by Darcy Nicholas, 2000:
These paintings form a series of works based on migrations throughout the Pacific using navigation by stars, seasonal winds, bird flights and ocean currents. At the same time I was intensely interested in whakapapa, and universal symbols that had originated from ancient cultures.
This inevitably led me in a study of concepts and symbols of origins ranging from clouds, rain, mist, rainbows, the sun, moon, stars, and black holes in space and the pathways and journeys of life. The question then was how does that relate to who I am. Always, I come back to the mountain Taranaki and that completed my circle of identity.
