Mānawatia Takatāpui/Defending Plurality
Tauranga Art Gallery and satellite spaces, Tauranga, New Zealand, 2021.
Mānawatia Takatāpui/Defending Plurality is an expansive exhibition developed by Auckland-based artist and activist Shannon Novak. Taking a variety of forms across several galleries at Tauranga Art Gallery, as well as selected offsite venues, it foregrounds Novak’s unique dual role as both an acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist and a full-time advocate in the LGBTQI+ community. Assuming the role of both artist and curator, Novak’s exhibition is grounded in a large-scale floor-based installation and a series of distinct transformations of latent areas of Tauranga Art Gallery, each developed to subtly colour the experience of the exhibition.
Stephen Cleland, Director, Tauranga Art Gallery, 2021.
Gallery Exterior
He Takatāpui Ahau, Kaan Hiini, 2021.
GALLERY EXTERIOR, ENTRANCE FOYER, ATRIUM, STAIRS, EDUCATION ROOM
Bifröst, Shannon Novak, 2021.
ATRIUM
Case 108, Shannon Novak, 2021.
LEVEL 2
Work by Alicia Frankovich, Brent Harris, Areez Katki, Shannon Novak, Cao Xun, Russ Flatt, Telly Tuita, Paul Darragh, Hariata Wilson, Tanu Gago, and Aliyah Winter.
Elevator
Indivisibilidad/Indivisibility, Eliana Rubashkyn and Shannon Novak, 2021.
TE WĀHI HIERE (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE CUBE GALLERY)
Contributions by Phylesha Brown-Acton, Jžoe, Shaneel Lal, Eliana Rubashkyn, Arpége Taratoa, Hariata Wilson, and Colleen White.
GALLERY SKYLIGHTS
Arcadia I-VIII, Shannon Novak, 2021.
