Two Fa‘afafine on the beach (After Gauguin), 2020

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

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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.

Two Fa‘afafine on the beach (After Gauguin), 2020
Two Fa‘afafine on the beach (After Gauguin), 2020
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