Past Event
Boy, Away From Home: Opening Celebration
‘Boy, Put Your Shoulders Up’, Mangere Arts Centre 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
22.05
5:30pm
On behalf of the CoCA Board, we are delighted to invite you to 'Boy, Away From Home', a solo exhibition by Chevron Hassett.
Boy, Away From Home, explores Māori male identity, addressing the tension between historical legacies and contemporary realities. The works challenge stereotypes, intertwining personal history, cultural heritage, and modern perceptions of Māori men.
Using suburban architecture, the series examines how space shapes identity and memory, embedding ancestral knowledge within everyday environments. Through this lens, Hassett reclaims and redefines narratives, offering a deeply personal self-portrait that honours his whānau, acknowledges resilience, and sparks conversation about identity in an urban context.
Boy, Away From Home runs from May 23 to June 27.