Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is the first Pasifika and first Fáfafine
artist to be presented by New Zealand at the prestigious 59th International
Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. With a groundbreaking exhibition of
new work that addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time,
Kihara’s work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, consumerism,
representation, and colonial legacies in the Pacific. Edited by Natalie
King, who has commissioned provocative essays by contributors from
around the world, this publication contextualizes Kihara’s works from her
entire career, which puncture and expose, queer and question dominant
narratives, turning history on its head.
Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is the first Pasifika and first Fáfafine
artist to be presented by New Zealand at the prestigious 59th International
Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. With a groundbreaking exhibition of
new work that addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time,
Kihara’s work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, consumerism,
representation, and colonial legacies in the Pacific. Edited by Natalie
King, who has commissioned provocative essays by contributors from
around the world, this publication contextualizes Kihara’s works from her
entire career, which puncture and expose, queer and question dominant
narratives, turning history on its head.