Image courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Two Fa‘afafine going to church (After Gauguin), 2020
Hahnemühle fine art paper mounted on aluminium
73.7 × 92.1 cm
Yuki Kihara discusses 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.