Artist talk: Mark Adams with Dr Sarah Farrar and Nathan Pōhi

Join New Zealand photographer Mark Adams and exhibition curator Dr Sarah Farrar for a tour of Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaaahua. They will be joined by Nathan Pōhio (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha), the Gallery’s Kairauhī Matua, Toi Māori | Senior Curator, Māori Art, who will offer insights and pūrākau related to Adams’ Te Waipounamu South Island photographs.

This is a special opportunity to hear directly from Adams on the occasion of his major retrospective exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. This project marks the first time that photographs from across Adams’ distinguished career have been brought together in a single exhibition, offering a comprehensive survey of his 50 years of photographic practice.

Image credit: Mark Adams 25.05.1988. Rapanui. Shag Rock. Ōpāwaho-Ōtākaro hapua. Heathcote-Avon Rivers mouth. Ōtautahi Christchurch. Te Waipounamu South Island, 25 May 1988, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2011.