Two art lovers observe a beautifully stitched tivaivai which
was part of the opening of the exhibition “Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday” at Bergman Gallery on Tuesday night.
The exhibition, which will be open until August 31, brings together work of exciting pairing of Tungane Broadbent and Reuben Paterson.
It presents a conversation between the two diverse artforms (Tivaivai and Glitter Paintings), with Paterson’s works responding to the tivaivai of Broadbent.
Paterson literally shines a spotlight on this important Cook Islands practice. Tivaivai are social biographies, timeless fabrics rich in social values, family genealogy, motif, history and nation, providing fundamental social discourse – linking past and present communal narrative. More pictures in Saturday’s CI News.
