Shigeyuki Kihara - The Last Taualuga
Shigeyuki Kihara is of Samoan/ Japanese decent and is a contemporary artist and the first New Zealander to hold a solo exhibition at the metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Kihara was born in Samoa and immigrated to New Zealand at the age of 16.
Kihara's self-portrait images in her exhibitions include nudity in provocative poses that portrayed colonial appearance of Polynesian women as sexual objects. Kihara is known as a fa'afafine which is known as the 3rd gender of Samoa. Fa'afafine is a samoan who is physically male gifted but has the spirit of a woman.
The performance piece by Shigeyuki Kihara "The Last Taualuga" draws on the classical samoan siva (dance) of colonialism in Samoa we see from an indigenous perspective.
I really like the use of lighting in this piece of performance art and also the way Shigeyuki has portrayed her concept of the old taualunga. Also the look of using a victorian mourning outfit gives me goosebumps.
Kihara's self-portrait images in her exhibitions include nudity in provocative poses that portrayed colonial appearance of Polynesian women as sexual objects. Kihara is known as a fa'afafine which is known as the 3rd gender of Samoa. Fa'afafine is a samoan who is physically male gifted but has the spirit of a woman.
The performance piece by Shigeyuki Kihara "The Last Taualuga" draws on the classical samoan siva (dance) of colonialism in Samoa we see from an indigenous perspective.
I really like the use of lighting in this piece of performance art and also the way Shigeyuki has portrayed her concept of the old taualunga. Also the look of using a victorian mourning outfit gives me goosebumps.
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