Nat Humphreys Photography, Art Collection & Restor
Mareva Gilmore-Mote - "Tiki" 2012
Art Collection
Marquesas Islands tapa, "Tiki" by Mareva Gilmore-Mote (2012)
Unless you dabble in cultures not your own, you may have missed that in the last seven decades an exuberant reemergence of long dormant indigenous culture has taken place across the globe involving traditions once firmly tamped down by colonialism.
Among these is the ancient practice of tapa cloth making and the art drawn upon it, revitalized in French Polynesia on the Marqueasan island of Fatu Hiva.
The bark of certain trees is peeled, soaked, pounded into a cloth-like texture and left to dry. Then the artist goes to work.
This piece, hand-drawn in ink by Mareva Gilmore-Mote on tapa titled, “Tiki”, was purchased from the artist in Fatu Hiva’s town of Omoa in 2012.
Her periodic headlining of tapa shows in Europe is made possible by support from Air Tahiti Nui.
Mareva Gilmore-Mote - "Tiki" 2012
Art Collection
Marquesas Islands tapa, "Tiki" by Mareva Gilmore-Mote (2012)
Unless you dabble in cultures not your own, you may have missed that in the last seven decades an exuberant reemergence of long dormant indigenous culture has taken place across the globe involving traditions once firmly tamped down by colonialism.
Among these is the ancient practice of tapa cloth making and the art drawn upon it, revitalized in French Polynesia on the Marqueasan island of Fatu Hiva.
The bark of certain trees is peeled, soaked, pounded into a cloth-like texture and left to dry. Then the artist goes to work.
This piece, hand-drawn in ink by Mareva Gilmore-Mote on tapa titled, “Tiki”, was purchased from the artist in Fatu Hiva’s town of Omoa in 2012.
Her periodic headlining of tapa shows in Europe is made possible by support from Air Tahiti Nui.