New Zealand artRandal Annus, Märten Mikk

Māori art

New Zealand art includes Māori art because it was developed it New Zealand from polynesian art forms

Māori art consists primarily of four forms: carving, tattooing, weaving and painting

Traditional Māori art was highly spiritual and in a pre-literate society

Styles varied from region to region: the style now sometimes seen as 'typical' originates from Te Arawa

Main colors used are: red, black and white

Ta moko

Ta moko is the art of traditional Māori tattooing, done with a chisel

Women were only tattooed on chins and lips

Men were tattooed pretty much anywhere, more tattoos meant that you are more powerful

Body parts such as the arms, legs and back are popular locations for modern moko, although some are still on the face

painting

Although the oldest forms of Māori art are rock paintings, in 'classical' Māori art, painting was not an important art form

It was mainly used as a minor decoration in meeting houses

Europeans introduced Māori to their more figurative style of art

The introduction of European paints also allowed traditional painting to rise

Carving

Carving was done in three media: Wood, Bone, Stone

Arguably ta moko was another form of carving

Wood carvings were used to decorate houses, fence poles, containers, taiaha and other objects

Taiaha is close quarter, staff weapon (spear)

The most popular type of stone used in carving was pounamu (greenstone)

Stone and bone were used to create Hei-Tiki (necklace)

Carving is traditionally activity performed by men only

Explorer art

Europeans began producing art in New Zealand as soon as they arrived

The first European work of art made in New Zealand was a drawing by Isaac Gilseman

From the late 19th century, many european immigrants attempted to create a distinctive New Zealand style of art

the Twentieth Century

Rita Angus was a Pākehā (New Zealanders not of Maori origin, usually of European ancestry)

She worked on landscape paintings

Gordon Walters  was a Pākehā who created many paintings and prints based on the koru

Colin McCahon was a Pākehā who used international styles such as cubism in New Zealand contexts

His paintings depicted such things as the Angel Gabriel in the New Zealand countryside

Ta Moko

Koru

Used sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_art

https://www.google.ee/search?q=Koru&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vF5rVPOpOITCOd3KgeAC&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=912