HAPPY PACIFICA, 2012
The Happy Pacifica exhibition was shown at the Kiwi Art House Gallery, September/October 2012.
The main work for this exhibition, Happy Pacifica, is a painting that poses many questions. In keeping with this concept, it can be hung and viewed in many different ways. It depicts four men who desire the same woman. But is she happy?
The painting brings into question the history of the South Pacific, and makes a powerful statement on colonisation through each of the four men - who in turn represent four European nationalities.
Other paintings in the Happy Pacifica series invite audiences to consider the impact of colonisation, and how it has affected the lives of Indigenous / Pacific Island people in New Zealand.
Happy Pacifica (120cm x 100cm)