Theo Schoon: A Biography Museum collection print 1 Fairburn’s assessment was far

1 Fairburn’s assessment was far from typical of the reception of Colin McCahon’s work at this time

Kōkako is considered sacred by many Māori

Her research interests include contemporary social history

Kat Merewether

an allegory of the artist’s life

Theo Schoon: A Biography Museum collection print 1 Fairburn’s assessment was farEmigr artist Theo Schoon was fascinating, unorthodox, controversial, pioneering, and at times reckless. His life intersected with important cultural periods and places, where what it meant to be modern in New Zealand were being debated and articulated in art, literature, music, and theater. The art he pioneered and promotedMaori rock drawings, the drawings of a psychiatric patient, Maori moko and kowhaiwhai, the abstract patterns of geothermal