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Speaking In Colour : Conversations with Artists of Pacific Island Heritage
Speaking In Colour Conversations with Artists of Pacific Island Heritage Author:Pandora Fulimalo Pereira, Sean Mallon Part of our survival is doing our art. If we dont, then we are lost. We are lost in another country, without an identity. Fatu Feuu On of the most exciting developments in the arts of Aotearoa in the last decade has been the emergence of artists of Pacific Islands descent. In this book ten artists talk candidly about ... more »their lives and work, about finding themselves as artists. They also speak eloquently about coming to terms with their rich, complex cultural heritage. As Lyle Penisula puts it, I dont want people to look at my work and pigeon-hole it. I am proud of being a Samoan but I am not just that. Many of the artists also pay tribute to those who have helped them, including the New Zealand painter, Tony Fomison, and the distinguished Samoan artist Fatu Feuu, who have done much to support the work of young Pacific artists living in New Zealand.« less