UNTITLED PORTRAIT

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 

1220mm x 1220mm

UNTITLED PORTRAIT
In a mixture of line, colour, and form, this painting presents a captivating yet confronting portrait. Powerful layers of red are balanced between strokes of white (Te Ao Mārama, The World of Light) and black (Te Pō, The Long Night) where this mythical character is suspended between tradition and innovation, hero and anti hero, human and deity. Upon his mataora (facial tattoo) are simplistic lines, circles and curves which have been reinterpreted from carving and tattoo pattern traditions. The glowing red prioritises these elements and lend the figure an inhuman physiognomy.

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