Michel Tuffery
Artwork Detail
Povi, cow or bull in the Samoan language, is intricately made from unused ‘Ox & Palm’ corned beef tins, at once the container and the contained. Tinned corned beef is an introduced and imported dietary staple of Pacific communities, often to the detriment of their population’s health. While there is usually an element of humour in Tuffery’s work this is undercut by the cultural and environmental concerns that are central to his practice. (Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, 2002)
- Title
- Povi 2001
- Artist/creator
- Michel Tuffery
- Production date
- 2000
- Medium
- aluminium, plywood, tin, rivets, wheels, lights and polyurethane
- Dimensions
- 1500 x 2000 x 800 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, commissioned 2000
- Accession no
- 2000/27
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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