Image courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Two Fa‘afafine on the beach (After Gauguin), 2020
Hahnemühle fine art paper mounted on aluminium
69 × 91 cm
Yuki Kihara discusses Paul Gauguin
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.