Samuel Tupou makes decorative graphic works, screenprinted on perspex. Conflating images from his Tongan cultural inheritance with imagery from pop art and popular culture, they are equal parts tapa and Warhol. The work pays tribute to Island values as it evacuates them.
Free Public Art Gallery
Tue–Sat
10.00AM–5.00PM
Ground Floor, Judith Wright Arts Centre
420 Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley
Brisbane QLD 4006
Australia
TEL
+61-7-3252-5750
FAX
+61-7-3252-5072
ima@ima.org.au
The IMA is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Australian Government through Australia Council for the Arts, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. The IMA is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia.
02 Aug–08 Sep 2012
The IMA acknowledges, thanks, and pays our deepest respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that we work with and the Country we work on.
