07 Delwyn Ngapo Blomberg

I nāia tonu nei (Right Now) | 2015 | digital photograph on hahnemuhle rag paper | 97 x 74.5cm x 4 cm

07 Delwyn Ngapo Blomberg

Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016 – Finalist

[Image courtesy of the artist]

Delwyn Blomberg | I nāia tonu nei (Right Now) | 2015 | digital photograph on hahnemuhle rag paper | 97 x 74.5cm x 4 cm

Artist Statement

I was in New Zealand in 2015 at my sister’s home. My brother in law was busy taking food and utensils from the kitchen to a wheelbarrow parked outside.

Intrigued, I followed and found him sitting in the middle of his garage. The radio was tuned to the races, he had a newspaper to read and his seat was parked in front of the wheelbarrow of cooked fish heads, bread and butter, and cup of tea.

Having caught the fish a few days earlier he had just mowed the lawns and this was his lunch.

This still life considers autobiographical memory and reflects contemporary Maori culture in relation to kai (food).

Sunshine Coast Council acknowledges the Sunshine Coast Country, home of the Kabi Kabi peoples and the Jinibara peoples, the Traditional Custodians, whose lands and waters we all now share.
We commit to working in partnership with the Traditional Custodians and the broader First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) community to support self-determination through economic and community development.
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