John Pule
Niniko Lalolagi, Dazzling World, 2004
oil and ink on canvas
2000 x 4000mm
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John Pule b. 1962, Niue John Pule is an accomplished painter, printmaker, poet and writer. He was born in the village of Liku in Niue, and he immigrated to New...
John Pule
b. 1962, Niue
John Pule is an accomplished painter, printmaker, poet and writer. He was born in the village of Liku in Niue, and he immigrated to New Zealand at the age of two in 1964. Largely self-taught, he first exhibited his paintings in 1989. In the decades since, Pule has developed a reputation as one of this country’s leading contemporary painters and an important artistic voice from the broader Pacific region. His work is highly inventive, particularly in its adaptation of traditional Pacific art forms. It sometimes includes challenging and provocative content related to colonisation.
Niniko Lalolagi, Dazzling World from 2004 showcases Pule’s unique artistic voice. It features intricate depictions of foliage, buildings, and people rendered in a striking palette of red and black. Like many of Pule’s paintings, Niniko Lalolagi, Dazzling World presents the viewer with flattened perspective and sharply graphic imagery – Pule is a superb printmaker, and this dimension of his practice has fed into his painting practice. The detailing in this work could readily be transcribed into etching. Yet, in his adept paint-handling and sharply restrained use of colour, Pule has created a work enriched by its fundamental medium.
Arguably one of the Pacific’s most significant artists, Pule has been at the forefront of contemporary New Zealand art since the early 1990s. His work is held in major public collections throughout Australasia including Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa Tongarewa, The National Gallery of Victoria, and Queensland Art Gallery.
b. 1962, Niue
John Pule is an accomplished painter, printmaker, poet and writer. He was born in the village of Liku in Niue, and he immigrated to New Zealand at the age of two in 1964. Largely self-taught, he first exhibited his paintings in 1989. In the decades since, Pule has developed a reputation as one of this country’s leading contemporary painters and an important artistic voice from the broader Pacific region. His work is highly inventive, particularly in its adaptation of traditional Pacific art forms. It sometimes includes challenging and provocative content related to colonisation.
Niniko Lalolagi, Dazzling World from 2004 showcases Pule’s unique artistic voice. It features intricate depictions of foliage, buildings, and people rendered in a striking palette of red and black. Like many of Pule’s paintings, Niniko Lalolagi, Dazzling World presents the viewer with flattened perspective and sharply graphic imagery – Pule is a superb printmaker, and this dimension of his practice has fed into his painting practice. The detailing in this work could readily be transcribed into etching. Yet, in his adept paint-handling and sharply restrained use of colour, Pule has created a work enriched by its fundamental medium.
Arguably one of the Pacific’s most significant artists, Pule has been at the forefront of contemporary New Zealand art since the early 1990s. His work is held in major public collections throughout Australasia including Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa Tongarewa, The National Gallery of Victoria, and Queensland Art Gallery.
Provenance
Private Collection, AucklandPrivate Collection, Hawkes Bay
Exhibitions
This Must Be The Place, Inaugural Exhibition, 6 April - 4 May 2024, Gow Langsford Gallery, Onehunga, NZ25
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