Davina Monds: Cross Roads
21 April, 2015 - 24 May, 2015
Photography Gallery
Martin Ball, Portrait of Richard McWhannell, graphite on paper, 780 x 660mm
Cross Roads is a personal response to Aotearoa New Zealand’s unfolding post-colonial history by photographer Davina Monds.
The series was created in 2014 to coincide with the bicentennial celebration of Christian beginnings in Aotearoa, marked by Samuel Marsden’s first sharing of the gospel to Māori on Christmas Day, 1814. It was a cornerstone sermon in this country’s history that has subsequently evolved into the various Christian communities existing in New Zealand today.
Cross Roads captures the diversity and influence of Christianity in Aotearoa New Zealand through images of these different communities and individuals within them.
Join photographer Davina Monds on Saturday 23 May for a discussion of her exhibition Cross Roads. This exhibition talk will begin at 11.30am.