#poedua

#Poedua OG - she was the first of my Poedua series, surrounded by the red flags that this first 'great portrait' of a #PacificIsland woman for a Western audience still represents for me today. Made in 1785 by John Webber, an artist onboard the HMS Discovery on James Cook's third voyage to Oceania, Poedua of Ra'iātea (Tahiti) was painted whilst being held hostage. Nice. In 2010, @te_papa purchased one of three versions of the painting for over two million #NewZealand dollars. For real. It has been called the 'Pacific Mona Lisa' that 'epitomized the sensual image of the South Sea maiden'. I painted Poedua in five reimagined states for the exhibition "The Perpetual Flux of Transitional Otherness" currently showing at @olly.akl, 537 Mt Eden Road, central #Auckland - up til 31 March. (at Olly)

Our exhibition, "The Perpetual Flux of Transitional Otherness" is open to the public at @olly.akl in #MtEden, but on Friday (10 March) from 6-9pm, we party :) Works for sale are first come, first served, so if you're keen, and most of the work is under $400, get in to have a look see between 7am - 3pm, Mon-Fri, or come thru on Friday after work for a cold one 😎🍺😘 #PacificArt #Poedua #Leilanikake #MargaretAull #EmaTavola #mokokauae (at Olly)

Love this little show at @olly.akl! "The Petpetual Flux of Transitional Otherness" opens tomorrow! Thank you so much @chloe.swarbrick et al, love sharing your space! #PacificArt #Poedua #LeilaniKake #EmaTavola #MargaretAull (at Olly)

The new girl 🌺 #PoeduaAddiction, part of a new series of watercolour and ink works on paper I'm making for "The Perpetual Flux of Transitional Otherness" opening at @olly.akl on March 10! Mmm... donuts, good coffee + #PacificArt. New works from Margaret Aull and Leilani Kake are 🔥 #WatchThisSpace #Poedua #Hibiscus #Lavalava #Cigarettes (at Papatoetoe)

After John Webber, Poedua, oil on canvas, 1785, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa