Line and Shiloh playing cards
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Edith Amituanai
b.1980
Samoan
Title
Line and Shiloh playing cards
Details
| Production Date | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Collection(s) | Collection Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. Acquired with assistance from the Govett-Brewster Foundation. |
| Accession Number | 2008/15 |
| Edition | Edition 1 of 3 |
| Media | c-type print - image wood - frame perspex - front cover |
| Measurements | 700 x 670mm unframed 985 x 985 x 40mm |
About
Edith Amituanai’s parents came to Aotearoa New Zealand from Samoa in the 1960s and 70s and she was born and raised in Te Atatu, West Auckland. Her aiga (family) are from Pata, Falelatai, Ulutogia Lalomanu Aleiapata in Samoa.
“For us, by us” is the motivation behind Amituanai’s work with her primary audience being her friends and family. Edith is described as a ‘village photographer’ because she photographs in the neighbourhood of Ranui, West Auckland, where she lives with her own family, and her works instantly connect with her Pasifika community.
Line and Shiloh playing cards is a work from her series titled Mrs Amituanai (2005). Developed at the time of Amituanai’s wedding, these works reflect the artist’s experience of leaving her family home and arriving at a new one. The series considers the change in family roles in taking on the title of Mrs Amituanai, the honour previously belonging only to her late mother-in-law who had passed away 14 years earlier.
— Theresa Tongi, 2022
