Unnerved: The New Zealand Project

This richly illustrated publication bringing together more than 120 works by over 30 artists, from the late 1960s to the present explores a particularly rich, dark vein found in contemporary New Zealand art and cinema, and includes a strong focus on photography and moving-image works. Essays by the Queensland Gallerys curatorial staff explore the work of each artist, while lead essays by Maud Page, Senior Curator, Pacific Art, and Wystan Curnow, Professor of English at the University of Auckland, examine New Zealands contemporary artistic practice in terms of complex traditions and histories, as well as a changing social, political and cultural landscape. Major sculptures by Michael Parekowhai, installations by Lisa Reihana and Michael Stevenson, and photographic series by Yvonne Todd, Gavin Hipkins, Anne Noble and Greg Semu feature alongside film and video art by Sriwhana Spong and Nathan Pohio, as well as the work of emerging artists James Oram and Lorene Taurerewa.