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KITH AND KIN

brunelle dias
brunelle dias
Jacqueline Fahey
Jacqueline Fahey
Tony Guo
Tony Guo
Levi Kereama
Levi Kereama
Claudia Kogachi
Claudia Kogachi
31.07.24–24.08.24
Kith and Kin comprises figure-based paintings by brunelle dias, Tony Guo, Levi Kereama, Claudia Kogachi, and the esteemed Jacqueline Fahey. It is dedicated to the memory of Kalavati Narsai (1954–2024).
Although stylistically different, the works included share an interest in notions of family and friendship, ancestry and diaspora, identity and belonging. They also feature a number of common elements, including emblems of faith, evocative interiors, fields seen from the sky, and items of food both everyday and symbolic. The show as a whole testifies to the importance of finding and strengthening community—particularly in the present moment, fraught as it is with anxiety and fracturing. Fahey is represented by Gow Langsford Gallery. We extend warm thanks to the gallery for enabling her inclusion.

BRUNELLE DIAS

BRUNELLE DIAS
a posture of confession, 2024
Oil on canvas
1900 x 1250mm

BRUNELLE DIAS
january in mt maunganui, 2024
Oil on canvas
1000 x 1300mm
TONY GUO
Strut, 2024
Oil on linen
600 x 450mm

TONY GUO

TONY GUO
Tether, 2024
Oil on linen
1400 x 1150mm

TONY GUO
Inhume, 2024
Oil on linen
600 x 1000mm
TONY GUO
Scratch, 2024
Oil on linen
900 x 1100mm

TONY GUO
Scorch, 2024
Oil on linen
1000 x 750mm

TONY GUO
Unleash, 2024
Oil on linen
600 x 750mm
BRUNELLE DIAS
snake skin, 2024
Oil on canvas
1300 x 1000mm

BRUNELLE DIAS
pakuranga falls, 2023
Oil on linen
1750 x 500mm
BRUNELLE DIAS
blue brother, 2024
Oil on canvas
900 x 700mm
JACQUELINE FAHEY
Whatever happened to Bernadette Devlin? (triptych), 1998
Oil on canvas, framed
840 x 1075 x 60mm (per panel, framed)
Courtesy of Gow Langsford Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau

Whatever happened to Bernadette Devlin?
A three-part painting by Jacqueline Fahey.
When I decided to paint a portrait of Northern Ireland civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, I knew I was in big trouble. There was no way I could get any satisfaction from recording a likeness of Bernadette, especially as my only source would be photographs. I decided to work like Giotto, transforming my holy picture into a world I knew about. The children are my own grand-daughters. The oranges, the nappy, the toys are theirs.
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LEVI KEREAMA
Māmā and child, 2022–23
Oil on stretched canvas, framed
530 x 350mm (unframed); 560 x 380mm (framed)

LEVI KEREAMA
Alyssa in September, 2023
Oil on unstretched canvas, framed
700 x 630mm (unframed); 800 x 740mm (framed)

CLAUDIA KOGACHI

CLAUDIA KOGACHI
Obaachan eating ramen, 2024
Acrylic on canvas in custom cabinet by Josephine Jelicich, made of cherry and glass with walnut handles and brass hardware
250 x 200mm (unframed); 290 x 240 x 60mm (cabinet)

LEVI KEREAMA

LEVI KEREAMA
Reuben showing Jeanne something on his phone, 2024
Oil on unstretched canvas, framed
850 x 910mm (unframed); 950 x 1010mm (framed)

CLAUDIA KOGACHI
Obaachan eating dim sum, 2024
Acrylic on canvas in custom frame by Josephine Jelicich, made of cherry and glass with walnut dowels
1200 x 1000mm (unframed); 1240 x 1200 x 40mm (framed)
CLAUDIA KOGACHI
And Just Like That, 2023–24
Acrylic on canvas in custom frame by Kogachi and Josephine Jelicich, made of kauri and recycled glass
1500 x 1200mm (unframed); 1580 x 1280 x 60mm (framed)