Ngatangiia, Hair Cut Ceremony, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Glenn Jowitt, Artist
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About the Work
Athol
McCredie
writes:
"Glenn Jowitt’s photographs of Pacific Islanders…can be assumed to have political intentions insofar as they also ‘bring to awareness’ by presenting a positive, sympathetic picture of the richness of various island cultures. Jowitt’s apparent wish to counter the Polynesia of the tourist brochure by offering an alternative, ‘truer’ view does, however, run the risk of his photographs being read with no less a tourist sensibility than the brochures. Polynesian life, it can be argued, is something to be experienced, not viewed on a gallery wall."
"Glenn Jowitt’s photographs of Pacific Islanders…can be assumed to have political intentions insofar as they also ‘bring to awareness’ by presenting a positive, sympathetic picture of the richness of various island cultures. Jowitt’s apparent wish to counter the Polynesia of the tourist brochure by offering an alternative, ‘truer’ view does, however, run the risk of his photographs being read with no less a tourist sensibility than the brochures. Polynesian life, it can be argued, is something to be experienced, not viewed on a gallery wall."
Measurements
Image 260 x 390mm
Media
cibachrome print
Description
Colour photograph of a young Cook Islander girl with lots of white ribbons in her hair. She is wearing a white cloak over a blue dress and smiling at the photographer. Behind her are bright red and gold floral cushions with embroidered designs, white lace over the back of her seat, and hanging behind her is a mint green cloth with a design of large appliqued fabric flowers on it.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased, 1985.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
Jul 1985