Meet Robert Jahnke
Robert Jahnke, primarily a sculptor, is considered one of New Zealand’s leading contemporary Maori artists. Jahnke is of Samoan-German-Irish-Maori heritage, and according to “Robert Jahnke,” 2022, he employs a range of media to create work that focuses on the dynamics and issues of colonisation, inter-cultural exchange, and the politics of identity, and to explore Māori creation narratives in a complex way.
According to “Robert Jahnke – Lightworx Gallery,” 2022, his practice questions and challenges established Eurocentric narration (focusing on European culture or history of New Zealand in this case), championing Māori perspectives, experiences and narratives instead.