What type of art does Michel tuffery do?

Contemporary art
Abstract expressionism
Michel Tuffery/Periods

What is Michel tuffery famous for?

Michel Tuffery is a New Zealand-based artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and Ma’ohi Tahitian heritage. Within his art practice he plays the role of working “in between” people and places, and focusing a fresh lens on environmental, community, cultural and art historical divides.

Where was Michel tuffery born?

Newlands, Wellington, New ZealandMichel Tuffery / Place of birthNewlands is one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies approximately 8 km north of the city centre and to the east of its nearest neighbour Johnsonville. It has a long history of early settlement and originally was farmed including being the early source of Wellington’s milk. Wikipedia

When was Michel tuffery born?

1966 (age 56 years)Michel Tuffery / Date of birth

Where was pisupo Lua Afe made?

New Zealand
Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000) is a pop art sculpture created by the New Zealand artist Michel Tuffery in 1994. It is the first in a series of tin animals, made from the packaging of foods common in Samoa….Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)

Where did Michel tuffery grow up?

Wellington, New Zealand
The year was 1966 and a young man ‘Michel Cliff Tuffery’ is born in Wellington, New Zealand. He is to become one of New Zealand’s most sort after international artists, awarded the MNZM, while still retaining the humbleness, cheekiness and ‘mana’ of the young man we knew from Newlands back in the day.

What does pisupo mean?

Pisupo is the Samoan language version of “pea soup,” which was the first canned food introduced into the Pacific Islands. Pisupo is now a generic term used to describe the many types of canned food that are eaten in the Islands—including corned beef.

How big is the pisupo Lua Afe?

115 cm x 65 cm x 217 cm
The life-size sculpture comprises empty yellow-and-red corned beef tins that have been flattened, cut or folded, and riveted into place. The tins previously contained the Fijian brand ‘Golden Country’ corned beef. The work measures 115 cm x 65 cm x 217 cm.

What is Fasi POVI?

Fasi Povi (Samoan Corned Beef) from Tammy’s Polynesian Market in Waipahu, Hawaii.

What is POVI Masima?

Povi masima is a rich marbled cut of corned beef that comes from the fatty end of the brisket. The whole brisket is brined and then cut into 4/5 lb pieces. It has long been considered a delicacy in Samoa and neighboring islands, often enjoyed at celebrations and large gatherings.

Who created the hiapo?

The missionaries brought with them Samoan missionaries, who are believed to have introduced bark cloth to Niue from Samoa. The earliest examples of hiapo were collected by missionaries and date to the second half of the nineteenth century.

What is pisupo?

Who is Michel Tuffery?

Michel Tuffery is a multi media artist. He frequently blends the boundaries of contemporary media, collaborating on installation and performance artworks that traverse cultural boundaries and defy concrete categorisation.

Why is Tuffery so prolific in his art?

These days Tuffery describes the prolific nature of his art practice as “using the mediums that are available – I’m trying to find a way to tell stories, thinking about my own kids, and how to best tell the story to them”. Drawing, in all its permutations, remains central to Tuffery’s thinking about art and he describes it as “my first language”.

Who is Tupaia Tuffery?

Tupaia became a recurrent figure in Tuffery’s work, emerging in drawings, videos, and through a series of multi-media works that utlised Tuffery’s own renditions of Tupaia alongside historical drawings both of and by him. Bamboo Forests: the artist in Taiwan.

When did Paul Tuffery first appear in public?

While the 1988 Maota Samoa exhibition might have been Tuffery’s first public outing, it was Bottled Ocean in 1994 which brought him to national prominence and placed him in the company of an artistic peer group.