Pūrākau / Myths and Legends / Mitos y Leyendas is a publication accompanying the international poster project Pūrākau.

Curated by expatriate Mexican artist Xavier Meade together with Cuban curator Flor de Lis López Hernández, the project exchanges the shape of poet-colonial resistance in the form of indigenous myths and legends. Taking its cue from Cuban revolutionary design, the collected posters use bold graphic imagery to convey pūrākau, or ‘lessons for life’.

This touring exhibition brought together twelve leading artists from Cuba, Mexico and Aotearoa New Zealand to exchange indigenous myths and legends through poster design: Denis O'Connor, Natalie Robertson, Michael Reed, Claudio Sotolongo Menéndez, Giselle Monzón Calero, Michele Miyares Hollands, Eric Silva, Mario & Yesca, Arturo Meade and Carlos Pez.

The publication is presented in three languages – English, Māori and Spanish – and features writing by Jon Bywater, Danny Butt, Yani Monzón Calero, Ernesto Pérez Castillo, Claudio Sotolongo, Carlos Meade, Luis Delaç, Los Appo Stoles Irreverentes, the curators and many of the artists.

Pūrākau is supported by Creative New Zealand and the Waikato Institute of Technology, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland, and Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.

Edited by Xavier Meade
Texts by Jon Bywater, Danny Butt, Flor de Lis López Hernández, Carlos A. Meade, Yani Monzón Calero, Ernesto Pérez Castillo, Claudio Sotolongo, Luis Delaç, Los Appo Stoles Irreverentes, Natalie Robertson, Denis O'Connor, Michael Reed, Xavier Meade, Michele Miyares Hollands, Claudio Sotolongo

Published by Clouds
March 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9864628-2-5

Softcover
40 pages
24 colour images
English, Māori, Spanish

Edition: 1000
Dimensions: 198 x 297 x 4 mm
Weight: 170 gm
Individually shrinkwrapped
NZD$20

NZ$20.00

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