Tama Sharman

Pacific Transformer 3
2009; printed 2013
from the Pacific Transformer series 2009–13

The Raft Greg Semu Outfit: Brace jacket, Go west dress, Memory heart necklace and Big heart necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer) Suite of glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) Lar sor sor Ella Savage The arrival, diptych Greg Semu The Pacific whaling ship UNKNOWN (Scrimshander) Gyro, table Brodie NEILL (designer) The Raft Greg Semu Fa'afafine Greg Semu Mask fragment Baining people, New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea 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 No title (Queen of the Pacific, Lindeman Island) E. G. ADAMSON Voyage of the Waka and the origin of the Dreaming James Tylor (Possum) Human head, hacha Maya, Pacific Coast, Guatemala Wubarr ceremony Thompson Yulidirri The enjoyable lesson François BOUCHER Birth Greg Semu The sighting Greg Semu Carriages Walker EVANS Tambourine Arthur STREETON A woman of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) A young woman of the Sandwich Islands J. K. SHERWIN (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Pacific Transformer 2 Tama Sharman Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments KŌSEN Shōton Pacific Transformer 3 Tama Sharman Survival and atomic bombing WORLD, Auckland (fashion house); Denise L'ESTRANGE-CORBET (designer); Francis HOOPER (designer); Reuben Paterson Yiwarra (Milky Way) Norah Napaljarri Nelson Pair of wine glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) H'nard K'nore G'nang G'nirl PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND