Meridian Lines: Contemporary art from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Rainbow country 2000-01, O'Neill, Ani (1971– ), New Zealand. Purchased 2002. Te Papa — **Rainbow country** 2000-01, O'Neill, Ani (1971– ), New Zealand. Purchased 2002. Te Papa

Meridian Lines: Contemporary art from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is Te Papa’s contribution to a major international art exhibition, developed to mark the reopening of the China Art Museum, Shanghai, in October 2012.

Meridian Lines features works by seven leading contemporary New Zealand artists: Ani O’Neill, Bill Hammond, Gordon Walters, John Pule, Michael Parekowhai, Ralph Hotere, and Yuk King Tan. All have been selected from Te Papa’s collection.

The works reflect some of the many approaches to art-making that have developed in New Zealand over the last 40 years. They also illustrate the ways in which artistic forms and ideas have flowed between the various cultures that meet in our corner of the world – Māori, Pacific, European, and Asian.

Te Papa is delighted to share these significant works from our collection with an international audience. Among the other institutions invited to participate are the Whitney Museum, Rijksmuseum, British Museum, and Kitano Museum of Art.

Artists and works

Ani O’Neill, Rainbow country, 2000–01. Purchased 2002. Te Papa	Bill Hammond, Land list, 1996. Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa
Gordon Walters, Genealogy III, 1971. Purchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa	John Pule, Shark, Angel, Bird, Ladder, 2008. Purchased 2010. Te Papa
Michael Parekowhai, Atarangi, 1990. Purchased 2008. Te Papa	Ralph Hotere, Yellow triptych, 2001–03. Purchased 2004. Reproduced courtesy of Ralph Hotere. Te Papa
Yuk King Tan, Untitled (Red masks), 1998. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa