Raymond Sagapolutele

RAYMOND SAGAPOLUTELE

what i really like about raymonds work is how he has black backround and the lighting that focuses on the one person or object. this is how we want our work to look like espesially with the taupou wering colours that will help stand out. i like how the lighing isnt to bright or weak with in the person in his works.

Shigeyuki Kihara -Taualuga the Last Dance

shigeyuki kihara is a contemporary artist and the first New Zealander to hold a solo exhibition at the metropitan museum of art in New York. Kihara immigrated to New Zealand at the age of sixteen to further her studies.  Kihara is also a fa'afine, the 3rd gender of Samoa also a samoan born. her mother is samoan and her father is japanese. shigeyuki trained in fashion design in wellington polytech (now massey university). 

what i liked about this artist is how her costume restricts her body and makes her movement more effective like how a samoan taupou should really dance. she uses them olden day dress instead of what they wear now days with the fine mat around the body. 

presentation

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