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Paratene Matchitt

Paratene Matchitt (Born 1933) was active/lived in New Zealand.  Paratene Matchitt is known for Painting.

Paratene Matchitt is a true Maori modern artist. Integrating indigenous themes and motifs in works with a modernist stylistic execution, Matchitt recognises his Whakatohea, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, and Ngati Porou lineage. While influenced in his practice by Picasso and the cubist movement, he conveys a distinctly Maori view of the world. Matchitt’s works thematically embody a decolonisation of art practice in Aotearoa. Fittingly, the artist literally disrupted a Pakeka-dominated 20th century New Zealand art world as one of the first Maori artists to exhibit works in the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. Matchitt’s oeuvre offers an expert amalgamation of European modernist methodologies and indigenous concepts and designs. The artist accepts cross-cultural encounter and transformation in his artistic practice, recognising that “the modern Maori is not identical with his ancestors.”¹ Having received training in traditional carving from master Ngati Porou carver Pineamine Taiapa, whaPara Matchitt – untitled Essay by CHRISTIE SIMPSON 1 Ron Brownson, “Para Matchitt’s vision of the haka!" 2015. 2 “Para Matchitt,” Auckland Art Gallery. 3 “Para Matchitt,” Auckland Art Gallery. 4 Brownson, “Para Matchitt’s vision of the haka!” 2015. 5 “Para Matchitt,” Auckland Art Gallery.   ...  [Displaying 1296 of 5008 characters.]  Artist bio

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