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Pacifika Ocean

Tui Emma Gillies, Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows
Pacifika Ocean
 2024

Medium
Tongan feta'aki (tapa cloth), umea (red earth from Falevai, Vava'u) tapioca starch (organic glue), synthetic polymer paint, ink and vintage kupesi

Measurements
(195.0 × 175.0 cm)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family and Christopher Thomas AM and Cheryl Thomas, 2024
© Tui Emma Gillies and Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows

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Gallery location
The Ancient World
Level 2, NGV International

 

About this work

Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows and Tui Emma Gillies are mother-daughter collaborators. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary elements, their large-scale tapa cloth Pacifika Ocean depicts the abundance of marine life – dolphins, albatrosses and humpback whales – found near Kaikōura, on Aotearoa New Zealand’s east coast. This work also emphasises the importance of communities coming together to protect the ocean from the impacts of climate change.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Christchurch, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand

Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.c.r.: TuiEmma Gillies Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows 2024

Accession Number
2024.983

Department
Pacific Art

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