Brett Graham’s latest work and art always being his destiny

Brett Graham has been a prominent figure in contemporary Maori art since the 1990s, with work shown at the Venice Biennale and in collections around the world. His latest work, Doorway Into Night, is a large, near-entirely black Whare Mate at Gow Langsford Gallery in Onehunga, shrouded in dyed cabbage leaves and accompanied by a text from Ngahuia te Awekotuku and an original soundscape. Perlina caught up with Brett at the gallery in the final hours before the exhibition opened.