Sanderson are pleased to announce the acquisition of Te Au I & Te Au II by Simon Kaan for the permanent collection at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Simon Kaan (born 1971, Ōtepoti/Dunedin) is a celebrated painter and print maker of Chinese, Māori (Ngāi Tahu) and Pākeha ancestry.
Kaan possesses a refined visual language developed over decades, intrinsically tied to his sense of personal genealogy. His practice considers the implications of the intermingling of the Ngāi Tahu and Chinese elements of his heritage, through iconography and processes of making. In a practice that includes painting, printmaking and performance, Kaan is concerned with identity, and with the physical and metaphysical notions of space and time.
Kaan was the first recipient of the Asia:NZ/Creative New Zealand (CNZ) artists residency at Beijing’s Red Gate Gallery. The artist often collaborates and exhibits with celebrated New Zealand ceramicist Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa ONZM (born 1946, Pōneke/Wellington) and was a recently featured on the programme ‘Fine Arts from ASIA: Art Stories In Aotearoa’ with Radio New Zealand, alongside sculptor Yona Lee and interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara.
#SimonKaan
#TeAu
@chchartgallery
Simon Kaan (born 1971, Ōtepoti/Dunedin) is a celebrated painter and print maker of Chinese, Māori (Ngāi Tahu) and Pākeha ancestry.
Kaan possesses a refined visual language developed over decades, intrinsically tied to his sense of personal genealogy. His practice considers the implications of the intermingling of the Ngāi Tahu and Chinese elements of his heritage, through iconography and processes of making. In a practice that includes painting, printmaking and performance, Kaan is concerned with identity, and with the physical and metaphysical notions of space and time.
Kaan was the first recipient of the Asia:NZ/Creative New Zealand (CNZ) artists residency at Beijing’s Red Gate Gallery. The artist often collaborates and exhibits with celebrated New Zealand ceramicist Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa ONZM (born 1946, Pōneke/Wellington) and was a recently featured on the programme ‘Fine Arts from ASIA: Art Stories In Aotearoa’ with Radio New Zealand, alongside sculptor Yona Lee and interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara.
#SimonKaan
#TeAu
@chchartgallery
December 1, 2023
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