A Study of a Samoan Savage - Yuki Kihara

In a nutshell:
Provocative and confronting / Rugby culture critiqued / Larger than life

A Study of a Samoan Savage responds, in part, to the recent problematic treatment of Polynesian men as powerful but primitive players in rugby culture.  Large format photographs and a life-size projection are displayed alongside rare archives to critique the historical and ongoing fetishising of Samoan men as athletic specimens.

Image credit: Yuki Kihara, Nose Width with Vernier Caliper, 2015.

 Warning: Images include nudity and has been rated R18 by Te Uru Gallery.

Saturday 27 February to Sunday 22 May
10am to 4.30pm, daily