Study for Endeavour (Red Saltire of St Patrick, St George’s Cross, White Saltire of St Andrew) 2019
Triptych, digital face-print to router-cut acrylic, 1200 x 4112 mm (installed). Edition of 5
$26,500 incl GST
Aukati (Ringaringa) 2019
32 images digital face-printed to acrylic with split battens, each 600 x 400 mm, 2480 x 3360 mm (installed), edition of 5
POA.
Individual images: pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 600 x 400 mm, edition of 25
$1,150 incl GST
32 images digital face-printed to acrylic with split battens, each 600 x 400 mm, 2480 x 3360 mm (installed), edition of 5
POA.
Individual images: pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 600 x 400 mm, edition of 25
$1,150 incl GST
Left to right:
Wāhi Puhinga (Aparangi) 2020 / Wāhi Puhinga (Whero Mata) 2020 / Wāhi Puhinga (Te Whanga-nui-o-Hei) 2020
Wāhi Puhinga (Aparangi) 2020 / Wāhi Puhinga (Whero Mata) 2020 / Wāhi Puhinga (Te Whanga-nui-o-Hei) 2020
Digital face-print to router-cut acrylic with split battens, each 850 x 850 x 4 mm. Edition of 10. POA.
Trading Words 2018
48 images, pigment inks on PhotoArt HD canvas 400 gsm mounted/wrapped on 4 mm ACM with split battens,
each 360 x 360 mm, 2260 x 3000 mm installed, edition of 5
POA
Individual images: pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 360 x 360 mm, edition of 25
POA
48 images, pigment inks on PhotoArt HD canvas 400 gsm mounted/wrapped on 4 mm ACM with split battens,
each 360 x 360 mm, 2260 x 3000 mm installed, edition of 5
POA
Individual images: pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 360 x 360 mm, edition of 25
POA
Pou Whenua 1 2020
Pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, each 600 x 250 mm, edition of 25
$920 incl GST
Pou Whenua 2 2020
Pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, each 600 x 250 mm, edition of 25
$920 incl GST
Pou Whenua 3 2020
Pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, each 600 x 600 mm, edition of 25
$1,150 incl GST
Te Ao Tohu sees a shift away from my established camera-based practice – taking a photo/graphic approach. The work explores indigenous histories and the politics of imperialism and colonisation.
Study for Endeavour looks at the role of flags as potent symbols of power. The flags of England, Wales and Scotland were combined to form the Union Jack – here they have been decomposed and set up as symbols of imperialism through the addition of naval cannons.
Aukati (Ringaringa) was inspired by the aukati (boundary) along the Pūniu River established by Kīngi Tāwhiao to create Te Rohe Pōtae (the King Country) in response to the 1863 invasion of the Waikato by Government Troops. With the arrival of COVID–19 the title Aukati takes on a double meaning – also reminding us of the terrible loss of Māori lives to diseases introduced by European settlers.
Trading Words is a collection of words and phrases describing items of barter and exchange used by the officers and crew of the Endeavour to win favour with Māori and Pasifika – as well as other less favourable exchanges of threat, disease and conflict. The pastel colourways are based on heritage paints that reflect interior decoration trends in England in the 1700s.
Wahi Puhinga (shooting targets) has the planet Mercury as a bullseye in a target. Recording the transit of Mercury was one of Cook's scientific tasks during the voyage. This work was undertaken at Te Whanganui-nui-o-Hei, which was subsequently renamed Mercury Bay. The target design is based on the ratios used for RAF roundels.
Pou Whenua repurposes the symbolic crosses of the Union Jack as saw trestles with a pou whenua (boundary marker) lying across them.
