Exhibition Opening: Brett Graham | Doorway to Night

For his inaugural exhibition with Gow Langsford, Brett Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui) presents Doorway to Night, a reimagining of the 1840s home of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who lived overlooking Onehunga Beach and the Manukau Harbour near the gallery’s present site. Join us for the opening event on Saturday 18 April from 2-4pm.

Structured from tī kōuka (cabbage trees), whose leaves form elements of a whare and evoke associations with urupā, endurance, and remembrance, the installation also serves as a dedication and poroporoaki. Created in the wake of the deaths of the artist’s parents and senior Māori artists who shaped his practice, including Selwyn Muru, the project binds history and legacy in a space that is at once memorial and offering.