Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert is excited to present new work by three outstanding, globally recognised artists at Aotearoa Art Fair: Lisa Reihana; Sabine Marcelis; and Edward Waring.
Lisa Reihana will debut photographs from her latest work, Māramatanga. The photographs were developed alongside Māramatanga, a 6-meter-high moving image commissioned by Auckland University in 2024, which embodies ātua and other ancestral figures, many inspired by carvings in the whare whakairo of Waipapa Marae, Tāne nui a-rangi. Māramatanga also features imagery of the natural world – the sea, mangroves, forest – shot on location in Hokianga, the Far North, and Te Uruwera. Many of these images form patterns in the background of the works, referencing the patterned tukutuku panels of Tāne-nui-a-rangi.
Recognised by ARTNET as one of the most influential artists of the decade in 2019, Reihana represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennial in 2017, and since the 1990s, Reihana has significantly influenced the development of Māori art in Aotearoa, New Zealand and contemporary art globally.
Internationally acclaimed, New Zealand-raised and Netherlands-based, Sabine Marcelis will present the first exhibition of work in New Zealand. Earning international recognition for her bold experimentation, which pushes the limits of material and production capabilities, Marcelis strives to capture transient moments of light and movement in her work. The presentation will include the Slide Light, Fade and iconic Candy Cube, including in Bubblegum, which an edition is in the permanent collection of MoMA, USA and the Vitra Design Museum, Germany. Marcelis currently has a monumental installation at Te Papa (until February 2026) commissioned by the Wellington Sculpture Trust for the Colin Post 4 Plinths Project.
The gallery is excited to bring a selection of glass sculptures by New Zealand-born, Sydney-based Edward Waring to New Zealand for the first time. Striving to prompt a shift in how we perceive particular objects, Waring repurposes abandoned, albeit ornamental and once treasured objects, and breathes new life into them. Working with vintage crystal and glass, he creates colourful assemblages that surprise with their dynamism and playfulness. In doing so, Waring creates a tribute to the strong women who raised his generation, celebrating their secret and fabulous histories that are now rarely narrated or acknowledged.
