Sight lines : women and art in Aotearoa / Kirsty Baker ; with contributions from Chloe Cull, Ngarino Ellis, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Rangimarie Sophie Jolley, Lana Lopesi, Hanahiva Rose, Huhana Smith and Megan Tamati-Quennell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Wāhine Māori and the worlds of adornment: He toi rākai, he mana wāhine, he mana tāngata -- by the arts of adornment, there is the prestige of women and all people -- Ngarino Ellis -- Unknown maker: Whatu kākahu -- The messenger sisters -- Sarah Featon -- Margaret Matilda White -- Frances Hodgkins -- Collectivity -- Kirsty Baker -- Rangimārie Hetet -- Teuane Tibbo -- Louise Henderson -- Rita Angus -- 'We were making art, which is what we always wanted to do': Elizabeth Ellis and Mere Lodge -- Chloe Cull -- Vivian Lynn -- Eloquent images: Marilynn Webb -- Megan Tamati-Quennell -- Pauline Rhodes -- Ka whawhai Tonu Mātou: The revolution reflected by the work of Robyn Kahukiwa -- Rangimarie Sophie Jolley -- Protest -- Kirsty Baker -- Merata Mita -- Maureen Lander -- Joanna Margaret Paul -- Di ffrench -- Kura Te Waru-Rewiri -- Julia Morison -- Fiona Clark -- Lisa Reihana -- Moana immaterial labour and invisible care: a performance by Leafa Wilson / Olga Krause -- Lana Lopesi -- Nova Paul -- Yuki Kihara -- Ruth Buchanan -- Keyboard short cuts: processing the digital in the work of Janet Lilo -- Iona Gordon-Smith -- Imogen Taylor -- Ngahuia Harrison -- Turumeke Harrington: scheming as methodology, or an artist's approach to getting what you want and giving up after that -- Huhana Smith -- Aliyah Winter -- A giving and a receiving: Ayesha Green and Ana Iti -- Hanahiva Rose -- Mataaho Collective -- Conclusion: knowledge and care.

"From ancient whatu kakahu to contemporary installation art, Frances Hodgkins to Merata Mita, Fiona Clark to Mataaho Collective, Sight Lines tells the story of art made by women in Aotearoa. Gathered here are painters, photographers, performers, sculptors, weavers, textile artists, poets and activists. They have worked individually, collaboratively and in collectives. They have defied restrictive definitions of what art should be and what it can do. Their stories and their work enable us to ask new questions of art history in Aotearoa. How have tangata whenua and tangata tiriti artists negotiated their relationships to each other, and to this place? How have women used their art-making to explore their relationships to land and water, family and community, politics and the nation? With more than 150 striking images and essays by Chloe Cull, Ngarino Ellis, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Rangimarie Sophie Jolley, Lana Lopesi, Hanahiva Rose, Huhana Smith and Megan Tamati-Quennell alongside the author, Sight Lines is a bold new account of art-making in Aotearoa through 35 extraordinary women artists."-- Provided by publisher.