Tama Sharman

Pacific Transformer 1
2009; printed 2013
from the Pacific Transformer series 2009–13

Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. Apollo 15 lift-off 9.34am EDT. 26 July 1971 NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) The arrival, diptych Greg Semu Suite of glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) Tambourine Arthur STREETON The mysterious basket François BOUCHER Human head, hacha Maya, Pacific Coast, Guatemala MEDAL Voyage of the Waka and the origin of the Dreaming James Tylor (Possum) Pacific Transformer 3 Tama Sharman Survival and atomic bombing WORLD, Auckland (fashion house); Denise L'ESTRANGE-CORBET (designer); Francis HOOPER (designer); Reuben Paterson Light Greg Semu Gyro, table Brodie NEILL (designer) The Raft Greg Semu A woman of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Mask fragment Baining people, New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea A man of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Yari country Rover Thomas The Raft Greg Semu Yiwarra (Milky Way) Norah Napaljarri Nelson Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land John Skinner PROUT Three ring sail parachutes of Skylab 3 at splashdown in pacific NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments KŌSEN Shōton An opossum of Van Diemen's Land P. MAZELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Death (La Pieta of the Raft) Greg Semu A young woman of the Sandwich Islands J. K. SHERWIN (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Fa'afafine Greg Semu An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and Other Islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans; including the Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful and Interesting Insects, Hitherto Discovered in those Countries…, Edward DONOVAN The bathers Anne ZAHALKA H'nard K'nore G'nang G'nirl PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND Outfit: Habanero halter top, Pacific pleats skirt, Hibiscus, feather and Pule headpiece and Towards a ship of new arrivals... necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer); Margo BARTON (milliner); Sofia TEKELA-SMITH