A major touring exhibition has just completed of the work of Shane Cotton (ONZM, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha). Entitled Baseland the exhibition has just finished showing at Ilam Campus, University of Christchurch as well as 209 Tuam Street, Christchurch. The works in the show include some of his most recent paintings.

A major book Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky has also been released with essays by Justin Paton, Eliot Weinberger, Robert Leonard and Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow.  For purchase information see http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/shop/books-and-cards/all/the-hanging-sky/.

A review of the show by Sophie Davis is currently in the Art New Zealand, No. 151 (Spring 2014): 48.