Tama Sharman

Pacific Transformer 2
2009; printed 2013
from the Pacific Transformer series 2009–13

Munul yewala country Paddy Jaminji Outfit: Brace jacket, Go west dress, Memory heart necklace and Big heart necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer) Tambourine Arthur STREETON Carriages Walker EVANS An opossum of Van Diemen's Land P. MAZELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) 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 H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND Mask fragment Baining people, New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea Yiwarra (Milky Way) Norah Napaljarri Nelson No title (Queen of the Pacific, Lindeman Island) E. G. ADAMSON Pacific Peter UPWARD driftnet Judy Watson Pair of wine glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) A man of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) The Raft Greg Semu Fa'afafine Greg Semu The arrival Greg Semu Gyro, table Brodie NEILL (designer) Pacific Transformer 3 Tama Sharman Light Greg Semu MEDAL 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 The bathers Anne ZAHALKA Lar sor sor Ella Savage Death (La Pieta of the Raft) Greg Semu Wubarr ceremony Thompson Yulidirri Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land John Skinner PROUT Yari country Rover Thomas H'nard K'nore G'nang G'nirl PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND The enjoyable lesson François BOUCHER