So'omuta Village by Andy Leleisi'uao

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So'omuta Village

So'omuta Village

Artist

Andy Leleisi'uao
Production Date

2003
Medium

acrylic on canvas
Size

330 x 240 mm
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2003
Accession Number

C2003/1/35
Accession Date

13 Aug 2003
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Painting
Collection

Chartwell
Subjects

mythology, villages, figures (representations), Samoans, fale, palm trees, birds, lagoons, thatching, volcanoes, statues, emblems (symbols)
Description

This painting is part of a larger series that is called The Ufological Island of Samoa. ‘Ufological’ being a made up word (or portmanteau term) that combines UFO with mythological. Andy Leleisiu’ao imagines the former inhabitants of fictional Samoan villages - So’omuta, Vapula and Esula. They all existed in some imaginary past. He shows the villager’s lives as being filled with dramatic visions concerning both the future and the past. (Te Moananui a Kiwa, 2005)

Exhibition history

Te Moananui a Kiwa

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

23/04/2005 — 22/01/2006

Esula Village from a distance

The Lau people of Vapula

Diaspora Melody

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So'omuta Village

So'omuta Village

Exhibition history

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