Margaret Aull’s large scale mixed media work, For Fiji, Ever Fiji was purchased for the City Art Collection of Manukau City Council. It was shown in the annual survey exhibition of Fresh Gallery Otara, FRESH09 featuring recent acquisitions and highlights from the 2009 exhibition programme.
FRESH09 // 27 November – 19 December 2009
Fresh Gallery Otara, Manukau City, Aotearoa New Zealand
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday, 8am – 2pm
Torika’s Kurunavanua photomedia series features in the web-based exhibition, The Other APT curated by Jenny Fraser to respond to the Asia Pacific Triennial taking place at Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia.
Buli Vacu (To clench the fists to fight) – (c) Torika Bolatagici 2007
Check out the exhibition here: The Other APT
CONGRATULATIONS Torika!
Sangeeta Singh and Luisa Tora presented a joint presentation at Manukau’s recent Pecha Kucha Night held at the historic Metro Theatre in Mangere East.
Their presentation was called, PR Application #679
Sangeeta pictured here with the 3D model of Mana
They were in a steller line-up including Leilani Kake, Shigeyuki Kihara, Nigel Borrel, Terry Koloamatangi Klavenes, Angela Tiatia, Edgar Melitao, Tanu Gago, Vinesh Kumaran, James McCarthy and Hone Ngata aka DJ Poroufessor.
More on Pecha Kucha Night, New Zealand
Torika was in New Zealand briefly to participate in a workshop on militarism and the Pacific at Victoria University in Wellington where she finally got her hands on the Fiji Times publication!
Workshop dinner // Winston Halapua, Torika Bolatagici, Ema Tavola and Raijeli Nicole
Torika Bolatagici‘s photographic work, Protect Me (2009) was donated to the Tautai Trust Tsunami Relief Auction held at Webb’s on Tuesday 20 October. It was sold to a private buyer and 100% of the funds raised were donated to the Samoa Tsunami Relief Fund.
CONGRATULATIONS TORIKA!
BLOOD + BONE
Ema Tavola // Solo
December 2009
The Salon, Level 1, St Kevin’s Arcade, Karangahape Road, Auckland City
Luisa Tora and Ema Tavola have been invited by the Pacific Research Cluster to speak at An Oceanic Imagination: A Tribute to the Life and Mind of ‘Epeli Hau’ofa taking place on Wednesday 21 October at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Our panel is called Visions of building Pacific representations through the Arts.
The Fiji Times exhibition has been reviewed on Cafe Pacific HERE
Vinaka vakalevu!
An anonymous comment notes…
A modern Pacific fusion, with LGBT graphical representation, with strong influences of vagina monologues and Jackson Pollack undertones, wrapped in political satire, with a twist of impartial bias.
This beautiful mixed media work on canvas by Te Awamutu based painter, Margaret Aull, has been purchased for the Manukau City Council City Art Collection!
CONGRATULATIONS MARGARET!!
Roland Williams grew up being constantly reminded to appreciate old school music. He’s on a rugby scholarship from Fiji at Kelston Boys High School in West Auckland and is hoping to extend his stay till 2010 so he can attend university and study psychology. Winning with over 50% of the vote, Roland Williams rocked it with the Gregory Abbott classic ‘Shake You Down’ and took out the final heat of Homai Te Pakipaki 2009 on Maori Television.
FIJI TIMES // an exhibition curated by Ema Tavola 
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