Peter Stichbury's portraits are eerie in their appearance of flawlessness. ADĪrtist Profile Peter Stichbury View Bio, Artworks Hiapo feature delicate botanical and geometric drawings, in this instance marked in browns and a soft shades of blue ink foraged from raw resources. Her practice to date has focused on efforts to revive the Niuean tradition of decorated barkcloth known as hiapo, which is distinguished from other barkcloth art forms by its use of white cloth instead of the tan ground prevalent across much of Polynesia.Ĭompleting a Master's in Visual Art and Design at Auckland University of Technology in 2013, Wickcliffe only took up hiapo five years ago, having been inspired by her grandparents and established fellow Niuean artist John Pule.Īmong works showing online with Auckland-based Masterworks Gallery is a small, square, delicate-looking work entitled Hiapo Toi (2021), part of a series the artist refers to as 'samplers'. Presented online with Masterworks GalleryĬurrently undertaking one of New Zealand's most prestigious residencies at McCahon House in Titirangi, Cora-Allan Wickliffe is a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niuean descent (Ngāpuhi, Tainui/Alofi, Liku). Togo ink and whenua paint (pukepoto and kokowai are traditional colours Māori used). SGĬora-Allan Wickliffe, Hiapo Toi (2021).

Pointon has previously exhibited at the Dowse Art Museum in Porirua, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, and City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. (2020) are now showing online at TENT.Īs well as using manufactured forms to undermine advertising, Pointon is clearly entertained by their formal properties, as evidenced by her portraits of pool noodles. An edition of the work, along with another large inflatable, BIG TIME. (2021) that showed inside a Tiffany & Co. The Indian-Pakeha artist, who previously worked in a luxury car dealership, produced the large inflatable work WHOEVER. reads as both a promise of a bargain and the complete opposite-the sarcastic dismissal of something utterly trivial. Artist Profile Elisabeth Pointon View Bio, ArtworksĮmerging Wellington artist Elisabeth Pointon hijacks manufactured forms associated with advertising-lightboxes, inflatables, banners, and street signs-to subvert the relentless boosterism of commerce.

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