Celebrate Pacifika at Corban Estate Arts Centre, 5th March-April 5th 2009
Forward Frangipani – A Movement, A Meating of Minds, a New Breed….
Courtney Meredith, Danielle Meredith, Rebekah Rangiwai and Tyla Vaeau.
The frangipani flower has become a symbol of the Pacific despite its northern American origins. Representative of Pacific femininity, these flowers have claimed sovereignty over every Pacific nation and its inhabitants. In turn they have created a pleasing and benign culture. Forward Frangipani is a collective of young creatives; their work adds new voices to the continuing discussion of Pacific roads traversed in an urban contemporary setting while celebrating the success of young brown women. Imbued with Pacific and Maori undertones, their art focuses on themes of fanau, cultural markers, the ‘urban’ and a beckoning future.
The Forward Frangipani exhibition is a mixed media snapshot taken in context of a young Pacific generation; of the way they assert themselves, their cultures, and their people….forward.
