Image courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Nafea e te fa‘aipoipo? When will you marry? (After Gauguin), 2020

Hahnemühle fine art paper mounted on aluminium
101 × 77 cm

Yuki Kihara discusses Paul Gauguin and Paradise Camp

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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.

Nafea e te fa‘aipoipo? When will you marry? (After Gauguin), 2020
Nafea e te fa‘aipoipo? When will you marry? (After Gauguin), 2020
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