“Sampling Tahi” is an installation offering a rich mix of Michel Tuffery’s interpretation of traditional and contemporary Pacific history and material culture. The showcase opens today (Thursday 27 August 2009) at Staple Furniture and Design in Wellington (Cnr Bond & Lombard Streets). Michel Tuffery is of Samoan, Tahitian, and Cook Islands heritage and is well known as a leading New Zealand artist, skilfully working across a wide range of artistic mediums. In 2008 Michel was honoured with becoming a Member of the New Zealand Merit of Order in the Queens Honours List. This launch will also feature the first release of Tuffery’s new series of woodblock prints.
(Michel Tuffery: Le Folauga, the Past Coming Forward, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, 2009. Image from the Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust website.)
