Pioneer Pacific artist Fatu Feu’u has unveiled new work in response to the recent tsunami in Samoa and its effects on his people and land. One striking bronze piece is reminiscent of a Classical Greek tragedy mask; another has a powerful Picasso-type abstract appearance portraying the strength and stoicism of the Polynesian people. Two other masks convey elements of images found on 3000 year old shards of Lapita pottery dug from sites near Fatu’s village of Poutasi on the island of Upolu, Samoa. These pieces are now available through the Okaioceanikart Gallery.
(Bronze Head 1 by Fatu Feu’u, 2009. Image courtesy of Okaioceanikart Gallery).
