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born 1952 New Zealand
Emare Karaka (1952-), known as Emily Karaka, is a New Zealand artist of Ngāti Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngati Hine, and Ngāpuhi descent. Her practice is unique for her use of vibrant colours and political messages advocating for Māori.
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Politics is life is art is life is politics. It's all interwoven, like a whāriki, like a mat.
My work is centred around the Treaty of Waitangi. It’s to do with rangatiratanga, our atua, our taonga, and rights, living rights, arts and cultural rights.
The Treaty will always be the basis of my work. The issues I'm always discussing are economic, social and environmental... back into the basis of justice in our country, the covenant of the country, the korowai of the country.
The issues that I’m always discussing are economic, social and environmental. And land rights tie back into the basis of justice in our country, the covenant of the country, the korowai of the country. So my imagery is cultural and traditional but it is also contemporary and futuristic.
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