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Contemporary Art In The South Pacific, Bergman Gallery & The New Frontier
Rachel Smith January 15, 2020For two centuries, European anthropological mischaracterizations have dominated perceptions of the broader Pacific region. Of more recent times, there has been new Pacific cultural awakening,...Read more -
Andy Leleisi’uao’s Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience, A Puzzling Visionary Tale
Arthur Buerms. December 9, 2019An essay, written by a Papa’a (European) who knows neither Aoteroa nor Pacific art nor Samoan Va, must be treated with care. Nevertheless, in all...Read more -
A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience
Francis McWhannell November 4, 2019Kia Orana. Welcome everyone to Andy Leleisiʻuao’s A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience, his twentieth show with Ben Bergman. I would like to begin...Read more -
Of Faith and Patience
Rachel Smith October 31, 2019Five days before the exhibition opens, the 12 works which make up A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience are hung in Bergman Gallery. It...Read more
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KAMOAN MINE
Rachel Smith May 20, 2019Andy Leleisi’uao KAMOAN MINE Survey exhibition curated by Ben Bergman May 2 – July 14 TSB | Wallace Arts Centre Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand. It...Read more -
MPA – What’s In A Name?
Rachel Smith November 1, 2018What is modern Pacific art? It’s the past and the future, a collective of people, ideas and approaches. It is a celebration of Pacific Art...Read more -
The Danger of a Single Story
Yazmany Arboleda April 28, 2010I borrow this title from Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie, who insightfully asserted that hearing only one story about a people or nation leads to ignorance....Read more -
Scriptures from the West
Ben Bergman August 30, 2007Scriptures from the West, an exhibition by Mahiriki Tangaroa and Andy Leleisi’uao, BCA Gallery, Rarotonga, 2007. Introduction: I reckon that parameters to definition are lacking...Read more
