Abstract:
The Story of the Story of The Story of a New Zealand River An Annotated Bibliography of Resources Informing Interpretation of the Artwork He Korero Purakau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu (2011) by Michael Parekowhai is a resource that addresses gender imbalance in the public documentation and interpretation of the artwork. It argues that information about musican Lili Kraus (and her erased contribution) enables a reading of the work as a contemporary take on Marcel Duchamp's 'readymades' and examines the contribution of Jane Mander and Jane Campion to the work's conceptual framework. Within a discussion of the underacknowledged contribution that sisters make to the work of male artists it refers to Marcel Duchamp's sister Suzanne and introduces Dorothea Turner, sister of writer John Mulgan as a key player in the Lili Kraus story. Through providing a model that illustrates the depth of gender problem in relation to a single artwork and by using an annotated bibliography to rectify that problem, the bibliography aims to assist Te Papa Tongarewa / Museum of New Zealand and other New Zealand research institutions in identifying and taking responsibility for their duty of care to women and women artists.
