Brett Graham's exhibition Wastelands opened at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in June 2025. Featuring a monumental sculpture of the same name that was commissioned for the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, the haunting installation is expanded to include a new multi-channel video work, titled Whangamārino (2025). Re-working footage shot by news company Aukaha of a 2024 fire in the Whangamārino wetlands, Graham's new work adds layers of animation, personal history, and an ominous soundtrack.
Whangamārino (detail) (2025)
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On peat as palimpsest: Kathryn Graham speaks with artist Brett Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui) about his new exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, comprising the monumental sculpture Wastelands (2024) and Whangamārino (2025), a new multi-channel video work.