The works for this exhibition with Jan Manton Art, Brisbane, were made during a 12-month residency in Wellington, New Zealand.
“My landscapes are generally stages to explore contrast and contradiction. The void-ish backdrop usually reveals a mash up of retro popular culture, pacific island patterning, and tropical-paradise kitsch. Over the past year biblical iconography has started to play out quasi mystery-dramas within these landscapes and in turn explore ideas of creation, transformation and spirituality”, says Tupou.
Jan Manton Art
March 28 to April 21, 2012
Samuel Tupou, Fire Snake, 2012, silkscreen on high density PVC, 80 x 120cm.
Courtesy the artist and Jan Manton Art, Brisbane.
