Lana Lopesi

The Shouting Valley: a politically charged show about lives caught between borders

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The Shouting Valley is a powerful group exhibition at the Gus Fisher Gallery in Auckland that interrogates and gives voice to the people caught between borders. But is the real paradox of this politically charged show the limit of what art can do? Lana Lopesi reviews.  “What’s bad about borders?” asked David Hall in a … Read more

Drawing lines between us all: Julia Mage’au Gray’s Melanesian mark-making

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Lana Lopsesi on tatu maker Julia Mage’au Gray, the revival of Melanesian female tattoo practice, and an exhibition paying homage to her remarkable work. I remember turning up before the chaos. It was just me and Julia Mage’au Gray. Her daughter Vasa had run out to get some gloves. Looking at my body, she asked … Read more