ID: 700001727	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Kohatu (oil paintings (visual works); Selwyn Muru (Maori painter, sculptor, and writer, born 1939)...; 1965; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; 1965-0020-1)

Note: Kohatu, painted in 1965, was shown in the Manawatu Prize for Contemporary Art exhibition in Palmerston North, from where it was purchased for the national collection. In te reo Maori, kohatu means stone. Built up from thickly textured layers of ochre paint, the surface of Kohatu is evocative of a cave interior. To this, Muru applied images abstracted from the rock art of the South Island’s Waitaha people, the oldest art forms in New Zealand. Muru used the rock art to evoke timelessness, but rather than directly reproducing the imagery, he developed his own language based on these ancient works. (Megan Tamati-Quennell, 2009)

Titles:

Kohatu (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil paintings (visual works) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name), Visual Works (Hierarchy Name), <visual works (Guide Term)>, <visual works by medium or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1965

Creator Display:

Selwyn Muru (Maori painter, sculptor, and writer, born 1939) [preferred,VP]

painter Muru, Selwyn (Maori painter, sculptor, and writer, born 1939) [500123801]

Locations:

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington region, North Island, Oceania) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1965-0020-1

Credit Line: Purchased 1965

Creation: New Zealand [1000226] Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: oil on hardboard

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	hardboard [300014203]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>, <wood products>, <wood board>)

Dimensions: Image: 795 (Height) x 1203 (Width) mm; Frame: 890 (Height) x 1298 (Width) x 65 (Depth) mm

Cultures:

Maori (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Contemporary (style of art) [300264737] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods, <styles and periods by general era>)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred )

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

.......... Movable Work

Sources and Contributors:
Kohatu	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=44471; accessed 15 August 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012