Ōtepoti Dunedin Art Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of tapestries by Margery Blackman.
Margery Blackman, Hon Curator and Dave Rapp, Exhibition Designer with Kahu huruhuru with tāniko border, from Te Ika-a-Māui, given to the museum ca 1930. D32.295, Tūhura Otago Museum Collection. Pictured during the installation of Nga Taonga no nga Wahine – Treasures from Maori Women, Tūhura Otago Museum (1989). Image courtesy of Allied Press Ltd.
Margery Blackman has been an influential part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s textile world through her exploration of materials, colours and histories. In this exhibition, some of artist’s work is presented to show the breadth of her work and the importance of her contribution to the country’s textile identity. Having lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1960s where she began to weave, her work continued back in Aotearoa. Her unique contribution in linking the country with the wider world of textiles, and in the inclusion of Māori textile history and technique, was recognised in 1995 with the award of The Queen’s Service Medal for services to the public.
You can hear an interview with Margery Blackman’s daughter, Anna, on the Spotify playlist this week. It is the last piece on the list.
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