Mangere Arts Centre - Tusiata o le Tala o le Vavau: Artists of the Forever Stories

- curated by Linda Va'aelua - 27/05/2023

This exhibition is a homage to artist Iosua To'afa, who illustrated the iconic book
Tala o le Vavau - Myths and legends of Samoa in 1976. Along with original works by To'afa,
it features nine Aotearoa-based Samoan visual artists at varying stages of their careers.
Each artist has created work referencing To'afa's style or a story from his book.

Iosua To'afa with Linda Va'aelua | Teuila Va'aelua | Monica Peterson |

Andy Leleis'iuao | Serena Hodgman | Alison Leauanae |

Iokapeta Magele-Suamasi | Raymond Sagapolutele | Siliga David Setoga

USE OF ARTSDIARY PHOTOS

© 2023 Sait Akkirman, including all photographs.

Linda Va'aelua - acrylic on canvas

Linda Va'aelua - opening ceremony

artists - Siliga David Setoga, Andy Leleis'uao, Iokapete Magele-Suamasi,
Raymond Sagapolutele, Serena Hodgman, Alison Leauanae,
Teuila Va'aelua, Monica Peterson

Iosua To'afa - oil on canvas

Iosua To'afa - oil on canvas | ink pen on paper

Iosua To'afa - oil on canvas

Iosua To'afa

Iosua To'afa - ink pen on paper

Iosua To'afa - ink pen on paper

Iosua To'afa - oil on canvas

Iosua To'afa - ink pen on paper

Iosua To'afa

Iosua To'afa

Teuila Va'aelua - photographic print

Monica Peterson - acrylic on fabric

Andy Leleis'iuao - acrylic on canvas

Linda Va'aelua - acrylic on canvas

Serena Hodgman - synthetic plastic mat, satin ribbon, hand-dyed cotton binding

Alison Leauanae - cotton hand-stitched on paper

Iokapeta Magele-Suamasi - found objects

Raymond Sagapolutele - fine art inkjet print

Siliga David Setoga - Majestic Stereophonic radiogram, rotary dial phone