First Contact Study (2003 - current)
- More Exhibitions:
- First Contact Ambient, Becks Bar, Sydney Festival 2011 (8-30th January 2011) /
- 2009 Graph Stencil Stamp Series (2009) /
- Upeti Block Series (1996 - 1998) /
- Le Folauga (2007) /
- Te Rauparaha Skate Park (2008 -2009) /
- Iroquois Sound Installation - Wellington Railway Station (2008) /
- Where We Once Belonged (2008) /
- Landscape: One Forest, Two Dogs, Three Boats (2007)
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Tupaia’s Chart / Tupaia’s and Parkinson’s Paintbox / Diptych
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Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas -
Dimensions (mm):
height.400 x length.960 -
Presentation:
Conservation Box Framed -
Status:
Original
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Year:
2004
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A Good Read on Humanity
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Medium:
Acrylic on Tin Plate -
Dimensions (mm):
height.90 x length.485 -
Presentation:
Conservation Box Framed -
Status:
Original
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Year:
2004
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First Contact gives a 21st century view of 18th century Pacific history. The exhibition brings together Tuffery’s recent paintings, drawings, bronze sculpture and his iconic life sized Povi (bulls) also included is his latest project – a time based media installation rendering Tuffery’s images and archival footage of material from Cooks voyages to the Pacific.
Excerpt by Helen Kedgely, Curator, Pataka Museum and Art Gallery, Porirua, New Zealand
- Hitting the Bullseye (pdf document)