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Curiosity about the Pacific

OAS Journal | Volume 27 Issue 4

From the Editor

The latest OAS Journal stories.

The latest stories, reviews and more from the Oceanic Art Society Journal – published quarterly.

Stolen God in Museum

Page five of the News (Adelaide, SA) on Saturday 3rd March 1934 featured the headline ‘Stolen God in Museum’ and this account of how and when the carved figure arrived at the South Australian Museum.

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David Said (1945 – 2022)

Founding Newsletter editor for the Oceanic Art Society, David Said was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1945, the start of a long and interesting life enriched by his love of tribal people, their cultures and their artworks

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Pacific Arts Association 2022 Conference ‘Gendered objects in Oceania’ – Paris, France

By Krisztina Turza. Gender was central to this conference commencing with Yuki Kihara’s ‘Paradise Camp’, New Zealand’s offering at the 59th Venice Biennale. This focuses on Fa’afafine (Sāmoa’s third gender) utopia – …

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Oceans, Reflections, Collections

George Nuku’s presentation at the Pacific Arts Association 2022 Conference Review by Pierre Laffont George Nuku has become one of the best-known Māori artists due to his creation of a …

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Magic Masks and Figures from Oceania

Leif Birger Holmstedt, Torso Publishing, 2021, 158 pages. Review by Jim Elmslie The strength of this book is in its excellent images, many previously unpublished. The images are mostly of …

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OAS Tour 8 – 9 September 2022 – The museums in Rochefort and La Rochelle

By Pierre Laffont & Bill Rathmell. It is easy to fall for the peaceful charm of Rochefort and La Rochelle, two ports on the Atlantic Coast of France only a …

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Segar Passi, meriba ged a gur (our land and sea)

Cairns Art Gallery, 8 October-11 December 2022. Review by Margaret Cassidy This comprehensive retrospective of Torres Strait Islander artist Segar Passi was an unexpected discovery on a recent visit to the …

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Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist uses smell to evoke memory and explores racism and national identity through flags
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Afternoon with Pacific Navigators
📍 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
📆 19th February 2023 from 13:00 to 16:30
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#PacificNavigationKnowledges #PacificKnowledges #NavigationKnowledges #PacificNavigators #PacificVoyagers #PacificExperts #PacificLeaders #PacificIslands #PacificOcean #Pacific #Oceania #PacificTraditionsSociety #RoyalInstituteOfNavigation #NationalMaritimeMuseum #Greenwich #London

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Fall In Love with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
📍 Kukui Grove Center/Ocean Discovery Center, Lihu’e city, Kaua’i Island, Hawaii
📆 Saturday 11th February 2023 from 11 AM to 2 PM

#OceanThemedArts #OceanThemedArt #OceanThemedCrafts #OceanThemedCraft #HawaiianArts #HawaiianArt #HawaiianCrafts #HawaiianCraft #ArtProjects #ArtProject #LoveForTheOceans #NationalOceanicAndAtmosphericAdministration #NOAA #KukuiGroveCenter #KauaiOceanDiscoveryCenter #KauaiOceanDiscovery #OceanDiscoveryCenter #OceanDiscovery #LihueCity #Lihue #KauaiIsland #Kauai #Hawaii #ValentineSDay #keiki

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The Kaua‘i Ocean Discovery, along with its many community partners, invites the community to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special event, “Fall In Love with NOAA,” on Saturday from 11 a.m. …
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Exhibition: Dreaming of Country. Nathalie Hobson’s Solo Show
📆 15th February 2023
📍 Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne

#exhibition #Dreaming #Country #NathalieHobson #SoloShow #VivienAndersonGallery #VivienAnderson #Melbourne #AboriginalArts #AboriginalArt #AboriginalPaintings #AboriginalPainting #AboriginalWomanArtist #AboriginalArtist

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Exhibition: Dreaming of Country. Nathalie Hobson’s Solo Show
📆 15th February 2023
📍 Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne

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Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month)
📆 February

#MahinaʻŌleloHawaiʻi #HappyHawaiianLanguageMonth #HawaiianLanguageMonth #ʻŌleloNoʻeau #HawaiianProverb #IMaikaʻiKeKaloIKaʻOhā
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📆 February

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Workshop on Pacific barkcloth at CCWM in Sydney.

Persistent patterns: a workshop on Pacific barkcloth .  Saturday 18 February, 1.30-3.30pm . To coincide with the Ömie barkcloth: pathways of nioge exhibition in the Ian Potter …

Season’s Greetings from the Oceanic Art Society President & Committee

The OAS ended the year with a bang at a wonderful tenth Forum held in Adelaide’s South Australian Museum at the end of November.

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Curiosity about the Pacific

Stolen God in Museum

David Said (1945 – 2022)

Pacific Arts Association 2022 Conference ‘Gendered objects in Oceania’ – Paris, France

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