Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows and Tui Emma Gillies. The Last Kai, 2022. Falevai and Tongatapu beaten tapa cloth, Umea/Earth dye from Vava’u, mangrove root dye, black Indian ink, acrylic and watercolours, 500 x 250 cm (detail).
Tautai is proud to present The Last Kai, from mother and daughter tapa-making duo Tui Emma Gillies & Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows MNZM.
Please join us for a celebration of The Last Kai on Tuesday 14 February, 6pm at Tautai Gallery.
Free event, all welcome. Kai and drinks provided.
“If The Last Supper was happening in this day and age, we’d hope to see a few more women sitting around the table. And maybe even one at the head of the table.” - Tui Emma Gillies
'The Last Kai' exhibition cleverly uses familiar religious iconography from within Pacific homes to bring up current discussions around women’s representation and the role of Christianity in the modern Pacific household.
Read more about the exhibition here.
On show for February 2023.