samoa/ngai tahu (born 1963)
My series of black builders’ paper cut-outs Sista Girl, pays homage to the black veiled women at Sunday mass, Pacific craftswomen, my ancestors and the land.
A continuation of my larger cut-out series Sista7, the mixture of cut-out patterns represent a fusion of cultures, closely interconnected, bound and pieced together. The work alludes also to the introduction of the Catholic religion as a vehicle for the colonisation of the Pacific.
Lonnie Hutchinson
My series of black builders’ paper cut-outs Sista Girl, pays homage to the black veiled women at Sunday mass, Pacific craftswomen, my ancestors and the land.
A continuation of my larger cut-out series Sista7, the mixture of cut-out patterns represent a fusion of cultures, closely interconnected, bound and pieced together. The work alludes also to the introduction of the Catholic religion as a vehicle for the colonisation of the Pacific.
Lonnie Hutchinson
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Sista Girl 2004
black builders paper
collection of the artist courtesy Jonathan Smart Gallery Lonnie Hutchinson’s Sista Girl alludes to many intersecting issues of Pacific history; the work of women, the Catholic Church, and the mixing of ancestral cultures. The installation has a dazzling charisma, invoking memories of sacred events in places of human gathering. Her use of everyday materials is deeply lyrical and expresses the work of an exceptional imagination. |
