Dame Robin White’s life and art is the subject of a new book published this month by Te Papa Press and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Robin White: Something is Happening Here is the first book to be devoted to her work in forty years.
Robin (3rd from right, front row) at Raglan District High School in the 60s, her rock 'n' roll years (PHOTO: Supplied)
Robin White with son Michael at Portobello studio,1973 (PHOTO: Supplied)
Robin’s painting of her son, Michael at Home (1978). (PHOTO: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Robin White, Fish and Chips, Maketu (1975). (PHOTO: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki)
Robin in front of the real Maketu Fish and Chips shop in 2015 (PHOTO: Supplied)
Robin at home at Bikenibeu in June, 1982 (PHOTO: Claudia Pond Eyley)
Robin White, Beginner’s Guide to Gilbertese: 1. Michael is sleeping on the bed (1983). (PHOTO: Robin White)
Robin shops for fish in the village of Bikenibeu on South Tarawa Kiribati (PHOTO: Supplied)
Robin White and Ebonie Fifita during Laka residency in early 2022 (PHOTO: David Chapman)
Robin White and Ebonie Fifita, Soon, the tide will turn (2021). Commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales for Matisse Alive exhibition. (PHOTO: Supplied)
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