NIUEAN ARTIST GRAPPLES WITH STORY OF POPULATION DECLINE

NIUEAN ARTIST GRAPPLES WITH STORY OF POPULATION DECLINE

Date: 1 March 2007

Niuean artist Glenda Vilisoni admits it's hard to potray complex issues like population decline in visual art. But it's a challenge the Auckland artist has taken on board.

But it's a challenge the Auckland artist has taken on board.

Her newest exhibition, Bloodlines and Reconnections, focuses on her ties to Niue and acts as a social commentary of Niue's fast declining numbers.

Glenda has put together the 6 pieces which are now on display at the Fresh Gallery in Otara.

And with the bold painting, and text she uses in her works, she hopes to get her messages across.

Glenda says while elements of her Niuean culture are always prevalent in her work, she hasn't been averse to using more modern images too.

There are six pieces on Exhibition till March 17th, and Glenda says she did a bit of recycling to get the works together.