John Pule
John Pule
Mana He Aga, Manako
2006
Lithograph and woodcut on paper
Born in Liku, Niue, John Pule moved to New Zealand
with his family in 1964.
He began painting in 1987, participating in the first
important exhibitions to showcase contemporary Pacific
Art: Te Moemoea No Iotefa (1990) bottled ocean (1994)
and Home AKL (2012).Pules work includes painting,drawing, print making, film
making and performance. The topics of his work include Niuean cosmology and
Christianity, as well as perspectives on migration and colonialism. His work
comprises both painting on canvas and bark cloth painting, a traditional
Polynesian artform.
He was a guest of professor of creative writing at the
university of hawai’I in the spring 2002.
He uses bold thick, tiny, small lines, to create his art work. Different types of lines in different directions to create different shapes. to complete his work.
I like this art work because it relates to his culture and religion. and I like the way that he sets his art work out, as its not too confusing. It reminds me of a comic strip.
