TE PAPA PRESS Catalogue 2017 – May 2018
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TE PAPA PRESS Catalogue 2017 – May 2018 TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 1 6/07/17 10:49 AM TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 2 6/07/17 10:49 AM Te Papa Press New Zealand’s unique museum publisher Te Papa Press is the publishing arm of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. It creates popular, highly- respected and award-winning books about the art, culture and natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand, for readers everywhere. TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 3 6/07/17 10:49 AM COMING IN 2018 Tatau A history of Samoan Tattooing Sean Mallon and Sebastien Galliot PUB DATE: April 2018 NZ RRP: $70.00 ISBN: 978-0-9941362-4-4 Hardback, 255 x 200 mm, 304 pages A beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful history of Samoan tattooing, from 3000 years ago to modern practices. This cultural history is the first publication to examine 3000 years of Samoan tatau. Through a chronology rich with people, encounters and events, it describes how Samoan tattooing has been shaped by local and external forces of change over many centuries. It is richly illustrated with historical images of nineteenth and twentieth century Samoan tattooing, contemporary tattooing, diagrams of tattoo designs and motifs, and with supplementary photographs such as posters, ephemera, film stills and artefacts. Sean Mallon is of Samoan and Irish descent and is Senior Curator Pacific Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. He is the author of Tangata o le Moana: the story of New Zealand and the people of the Pacific (Te Papa Press, 2012). Sebastien Galliott studied ethnology at the University of Provence and EHESS (Paris), France’s foremost research school in social sciences, and researches Samoan traditional tattooing and the contemporary practice of this ritual. TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 4 6/07/17 10:49 AM COMING IN 2018 Te Papa Reinventing New Zealand’s National Museum, 1998–2018 Conal McCarthy PUB DATE: February 2018 NZ RRP: $45.00 ISBN: 978-0-9941362-6-8 Flexibound, 145 x 210 mm, 196 pages Behind the scenes at New Zealand’s world famous museum. Published to mark 20 years since the landmark opening of Te Papa in 1998, this book by well-known museum studies academic Conal McCarthy examines the vision behind the museum, how it has evolved in the last two decades, and the particular way Te Papa goes about the business of being a national museum with major history, natural history and art collections, in a nation with two Treaty partners. It provides a warm but critical appraisal of the museum’s origins, development, innovations and reception, including some of the key museological features which have drawn international attention, highlights of exhibitions, collections and programmes over its first 20 years, and the issues which have created national and local debate. Conal McCarthy is the programme director in the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. He has degrees in English, Art History, Museum Studies and te reo Māori. He has strong links with museums, art galleries and heritage organisations around New Zealand, and has worked in a variety of professional roles including education and public programmes, interpretation, governance, collections and curatorial work. His academic research interests include museum history, theory and practice, exhibition history, Māori visual culture and contemporary heritage issues TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 5 6/07/17 10:49 AM 2017 TITLES Ten x Ten Art at Te Papa Edited by Athol McCredie PUB DATE: October 2017 NZ RRP: $45.00 ISBN: 978-0-9941362-5-1 Paperback, 210 x 210 mm, 300 pages One hundred of the best-loved works in the national art collection at Te Papa. Published to coincide with the imminent opening of the beautiful new art galleries at Te Papa, this book takes an intimate yet expert look at the national art collection. Ten curators have each chosen ten works and tell us why they love/ admire/revere/are moved by them. It’s an entirely fresh way to approach art, seen by those who work with these paintings, photographs, prints, applied art objects and sculptures every day and who know them better than most. Athol McCredie is Curator Photography at Te Papa, where he has worked since 2001. Prior to that he was curator and acting director at Manawatu Art Gallery (now Te Manawa), and he has been involved with photography as an author, researcher, curator and photographer since the 1970s. His most recent book is New Zealand Photography Collected (Te Papa Press, 2015), which was shortlisted for the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 6 6/07/17 10:49 AM 2017 TITLES The New Zealand Art Activity Book Helen Lloyd PUB DATE: October 2017 NZ RRP: $29.99 ISBN: 978-0-9941362-3-7 Paperback, 270 x 200 mm, 160 pages Get in the frame with 100+ fun art activities. Bursting with art activities, this fun new edition of Te Papa Press’s original and successful art activity book aimed at young New Zealanders is sure to please – both children and their teachers and caregivers. This new edition of a much loved and used book includes reproductions of 51 historical and contemporary works from Te Papa’s art collection, new works commissioned from contemporary New Zealand artists, and art-based activities. The wide range of art activities is designed to introduce children to a variety of different creative processes. Kids’ imaginations can run wild as they explore new techniques while developing their understanding and enjoyment of art. Helen Lloyd is a qualified art teacher with a visual art and art history degree and a Master’s in museum and gallery education. She has 20 years’ experience of teaching art to children of all ages in schools, museums and galleries in the United Kingdom, Russia and New Zealand. Author of the first New Zealand Art Activity Book and many online art resources, she is committed to developing inspiring creative learning experiences for children of all ages. TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 7 6/07/17 10:49 AM 2017 TITLES Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Souvenir Guide PUB DATE: January 2017 NZ RRP: $9.99 ISBN: 978-0-9941362-2-0 Paperback, 160 x 130 mm, 112 pages Haere mai and welcome to Te Papa, New Zealand’s national museum. From the revolutionary Britten motorbike to precious Māori artefacts, this new souvenir guide from Te Papa Press is the ideal companion for all visitors to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Be guided through the story of Aotearoa New Zealand, from the earliest Polynesian voyagers to our vibrant multicultural present. Discover along the way highlights from Te Papa’s collections, including early navigator Kupe’s anchor, Captain James Cook’s cannon, a 165-million-year-old giant ammonite, the world’s largest colossal squid specimen, legendary race horse Phar Lap’s skeleton, the America’s Cup–winning yacht NZL32 Black Magic, Colin McCahon’s masterful art works and many more national treasures or taonga. MĀORI CARVING – NGĀ MAHI A RUA Early settlers from Polynesia brought carving techniques and patterns with them. However, over generations, a distinctive style of Māori carving evolved, in part no doubt because of New Zealand’s isolation. In terms of wood, the first people were spoilt for choice. But finding materials for durable cutting edges was a challenge. Shell and bone were plentiful, but there was no ready substitute for the high-quality pearl shell widely used in the tropics. Obsidian and a hard form of argillite, quarried from a few sites and then traded, were soon in widespread use. The most prized stone for carving was pounamu, a variety of jade also known as greenstone, which is found in the waterways of the western South Island. Te Wai Pounamu (Waters of Greenstone) is one of the South Island’s names. Over the centuries, and before the advent of metal technology, Māori took the art of shaping stone, wood and bone to extraordinary heights, and distinctive regional styles evolved. Metal tools, with their sharper and more easily sharpened edges, transformed carving practice and styles. Cuts could be made deeper and more defined, and substantial projects, such as large buildings, became practicable. Adornments, tools, containers, weapons, architectural features, sacred objects ‒ all are invested with the spirit of their makers and owners. They are among Te Papa’s greatest treasures. Today, the customary carving arts thrive, handed down by masters at highly regarded schools. ► This Tā Moko panel was created by master carver Tene Waitere (c.1853–1931, Ngāti Tarāwhai) in about 1896. Commissioned by August Hamilton to illustrate tattoo patterns, or moko, in his book on Māori art, its use of naturalism and sculptural forms makes it Waitere’s most innovative work. 54 Taonga Māori 55 TPP Sales Catalogue 2017_rev1.indd 8 6/07/17 10:49 AM BACKLIST TITLES The Genius of Bugs Simon Pollard PUB DATE: December 2016 NZ RRP: $24.99 ISBN: 978-0-9941362-1-3 Paperback, 270 x 210 mm, 32 pages They may be small, they may be creepy, but bugs have super-sized powers! Meet a roll call of some of New Zealand’s and the world’s most incredible bugs, from the cunning portia spider to the killer brain-surgeon wasp. Illustrated with up-close, dramatic bug photography throughout, The Genius of Bugs is a fresh take on the world of bugs, filled with bug tales, facts and figures that showcase bug ingenuity and reveal astounding bug behaviour.