Image courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Nafea e te fa‘aipoipo? When will you marry? (After Gauguin), 2020
Hahnemühle fine art paper mounted on aluminium
101 × 77 cm
Yuki Kihara discusses Paul Gauguin and Paradise Camp
Paul Gauguin
In Gauguin’s paintings, Kihara noticed uncanny similarities to Fa’afafine. In Paradise Camp, Kihara upcycles Gauguin’s works using Fa‘afafine models to represent her own vision of Paradise.
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