John Pule’s Hauaga (Arrivals) exhibition at Wellington’s City Gallery has been described by critics as a “landmark survey of work by a contemporary Pacific artist”. The exhibition shows Pule’s work stretching across art forms and cultures, drawing from an endlessly rich range of historical and present day sources from the Pacific, as well as Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. Hauaga features 23 of John Pule’s large canvases and around 40 of his works on paper. It surveys his career since 1991—the year he travelled back to his birthplace, Niue, and reconnected with the traditional Niuean art of hiapo. John Pule’s art plays a pivotal role in the presentation of Pacific cultures globally and has been exhibited in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. The exhibition ends on 12 September 2010 at the West & East Galleries. (Image of “Another Green World” by John Pule, adapted from the City Gallery website.)
