In the Valley

Brett Graham

Fred Graham

Ralph Hotere

Ronnie van Hout

Robert Jahnke

Colin McCahon

Ava Seymour

Gordon Walters

An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection

01 October – 12 December 2021

exhibition installation image, sculpture, paintings, Colin McCahon, Fred Graham, Gordon Walters, Ralph Hotere, Brett Graham

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Ronnie VAN HOUT, In the Valley of Dry Bones, 1993, Sepia-toned photograph, skull, head, speech bubbles

Ronnie Van Hout, In the Valley of Dry Bones, 1993, Sepia-toned photograph, 749 x 889 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, commissioned 1993

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Robert Jahnke, Cogito Ergo Sum (ITHINKTHEREFORE IAM), 2010, lacquer on stainless steel, artwork

Robert Jahnke, Cogito Ergo Sum (ITHINKTHEREFORE IAM), 2010, lacquer on stainless steel, 1000 x 1000 x 30mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of Grant and Pauline Guilford, 2018

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Colin McCahon, 'Agnus Dei, Donna Nobis Pacem', 1966, oil on canvas on board,

Colin McCahon, Agnus Dei, Donna Nobis Pacem, 1966, oil on canvas on board, 1665 x 905 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 1968. Reproduced courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Gordon Walters, Kahukura, 1968, acrylic and pva on canvas, koru, abstraction

Gordon Walters, Kahukura, 1968, acrylic and pva on canvas, 1138 x 1523 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 1969

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Ralph Hotere, Song cycle The voyage, 1975, acrylic and dyes on unstretched canvas

Ralph Hotere, Song cycle The voyage, 1975, acrylic and dyes on unstretched canvas, 3050 x 900 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 1977

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Brett Graham, Rawhiti, 2014, carved beechwood, gold leaf, sculpture

Brett Graham, Rawhiti, 2014, carved beechwood, gold leaf, 1500 x 825 x 250mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, commissioned 2014

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view of 'In the Valley' an exhibition

Installation view of In the Valley: An exhibition developed by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker.