Categories

• Introduction
• Backyardism
• Child-like Primitivism
• Comic Art
• Dolls and Model-making
• Exoticism
• Geometry
• Māori Motif, Theme and Pattern
• Neo-tribal Psychedelia
• Obsessive Decoration
• Sentimental Subjects / Domestic Beauty
• Stone and Egg Painting
• Symbolism and Spirituality
• Text-based and Preacher Art

The artists in this category draw on Māori stories, symbols and values in their work.

They identified themselves as Māori artists and have a strong connection to their culture—unlike many of the other artists in the survey, these artists are not ‘outsiders’ in their community.