Body Pacifica Exhibition
CONTEMPORARY PACIFICA
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Contemporary Pacific Artists Exhibition
With inspiration from selected objects from the Australian Museum's Pacific Collection, Contemporary Pacifica is an exhibition of artworks by Pacific artists who have responded to traditional objects made for body adornment and ceremony.
Frank Puletua
Graphic Designer/Samoan
Niwhai Tupaea
Pacific body adornment artist/ Maori
Sione Falemaka
Pacific body adornment artist/ Niuean
Latai Taumoepeau
Performance artist/ Tongan
Greg Semu
Photographer/ Samoan
BODY ON THE LINE, CULTURAL WARRIORS
Turbine Hall Gallery
Images of NRL Pacific players
A portrait exhibition by international photographer Greg Semu, featuring some of Rugby League's current and former stars with South Pacific and Maori heritage including Jarryd Hayne, Fuifui Moimoi, Paul Aiton, Jared Waerea- Hargreaves and Nigel Vagana.
BODY CLOCK
Hopper Gallery
Objects from the Australian Museum Pacific Collection
Co-curated by Leo Tanoi, Casula Powerhouse and the Australian Museum. This very special exhibition of more than 30 selected objects, many loaned from the Australian Museum’s Pacific Collection for the frst time, is based on the theme of body and body adornment.
REV GEORGE BROWN PHOTOGRAPHS, PACIFIC 1880s
Turbine Hall Gallery
Rev. George Brown’s photographs of Pacific peoples, late 19th Century
A selection of portraits of Pacific islanders from Samoa, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea dating from the 1880s onwards, photographed by the late Rev. George Brown, a person who brought religion to many Pacific communities. Courtesy of the Australian Museum Archives.
TATAU,
'TO BE OR NOT TO BE'
Marsden Gallery
Leo Tanoi and Su’a Suluape Petelo, traditional Samoan tattooist
Leo Tanoi’s exhibition looks at the history and change of islander attitudes towards Samoan tattooing. His work explores stories of copyright and change, and the uncertain future of tattoo designs from a traditional perspective. Su’a Suluape Petelo, the master tattooist, will be tattooing Samoan warriors for two days at the start of the exhibition.
TALKING STRAIGHT, DIGITAL PACIFIC KIDS
Casula Kids' Gallery
Thelma Thomas and Western Sydney Pacific Community Kids’ Digital Stories
Thelma Thomas, Fijian artist, has beenworking with local Western Sydney Pacific kids to create digital stories about their lives.
VIRTUAL MUSEUM PACIFIC PROJECT
Sharing Stories from the Australian Museum Pacific Collection
The Australian Museums’ Virtual Museum Project (VMP) is an online collection that features 400 of the 60,000 objects from the Museum’s Pacific Island Collection. You are invited to explore and comment on the exhibition within the VMP, through a digital viewing centre installed at Casula Powerhouse.
This project is in collaboration with Wollongong University.
FLOORTALK
2pm – 4pm Saturday 24 July
Join the Australian Museum and participating artists as they discuss the current exhibitions.
Image credits:
Rev. George Brown, Two girls, Tongatabu, Tonga, 1903, V6263, courtesy of the Australia Museum (top left)
Rev. George Brown, Three young women and headdress, Manono, Samoa, 1903, courtesy of the Australian Museum (top centre)
Whale bone figure pendant, Maori, photograph Stuary Humphries,courtesy of the Australian Museum (top right)
Leo Tanoi, Tatau Project, 2010, courtesy of the artist (bottom left)
Lyric Thomas- Pera, Yalewa ni Viti with Mc Trey, 2010 (bottom centre)
Sione Falemaka, photograph by Tina Fiveash (bottom right)
Creative Producer
Leo Tanoi
Producer/Curator
Carli Leimbach
Supporter/Sponsor
Casula Powerhouse, in partnership with the Australian Museum and the NRL, proudly presents Body Pacifica. We extend our thanks and respect to the entire Island community for their support in making this program possible.
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