Lonnie Hutchinson, Milk and Honey, 2012. Chartwell Collection, commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 2012. Photo: John Lake
Installation View. Photo: John Lake
Detail of Lonnie Hutchinson, Waiting for Le Ma'oma'o, 2012. Courtesy of John Stuart Smart Gallery. Photo: John Lake
Installation View. Photo: John Lake
Installation view. Photo: John Lake
Installation view. Photo: John Lake
Installation view. Photo: John Lake
(Front) Detail of Lonnie Hutchinson, 'Comb', 2009. Courtesy of the artist. (Back) Lonnie Hutchinson, 'Pigeon Tarot', 2002. Collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Purchased 2004. Photo: John Lake
Detail of Lonnie Hutchinson, She Could Taste Salt on Her Lips, 2015. Courtesy of the Artist. Photo: John Lake
Detail of Lonnie Hutchinson, Comb, 2009. Courtesy of the Artist. Photo: John Lake.
Detail of Waiting for Le Ma'oma'o (2012). Photo by John Lake
Bringing together diverse works from public and private collections throughout New Zealand, Black Bird was the first major survey of 17 years of Lonnie Hutchinson's rich and varied practice.
Female subjectivity and feminist narratives inspire Hutchinson's unique approach to art-making, while her Māori (Ngāi Tahu) and Samoan heritage inform her interest in pattern, the play of light and shadow, and the navigation between space and time.
Black Bird includes Hutchinson's characteristic paper-cuts, works on paper and the room installation She Could Taste Salt on Her Lips (2007).
Black Bird is supported by Tautai and Creative New Zealand and was developed by the Centre for Art Studies at the University of Auckland as a touring exhibition in conjunction with the Auckland Arts Festival Visual Arts Programme.
To listen to Lonnie Hutchinson discuss Black Bird on The Dowse Podcast, click here.