In print: Erin Griffey on Claudia Jowitt
“With Fijian heritage on her paternal side, Jowitt literally embeds her family roots––sea and land––into her works by incorporating shells and coral pieces found on the shoreline as well as traditional Fijian materials vau (Hibiscus fibre) and masi (Fijian white tapa),” writes Erin Griffey in Issue 00.
Writer biography: Erin Griffey is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Auckland. She holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Her research interests include early modern court culture, beauty culture and portraiture.
Claudia Jowitt, Lomaloma IV, 2020, acrylic, spray paint, cotton yarn, linen offcuts, Fijian vau, paua shell, kina shell, tuangi (cockle) shells, clay forms & bronze powder on panel with clay frame, 36.5 x 31.5 x 4.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Bartley + Company Art
This article appears in The Art Paper Issue 00. Purchase to read more.
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Issue 00 celebrates artists who live or exhibit within Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand). Produced in conjunction with the Auckland Art Fair 2021, published by Index.
Featured artists: Conor Clarke, Owen Connors, Millie Dow, Ayesha Green, Priscilla Rose Howe, Robert Jahnke, Claudia Jowitt, Robyn Kahukiwa, Yona Lee, Zina Swanson, Kalisolaite ‘Uhila.
Contributors: Dan Arps, Julia Craig, Erin Griffey, Susan te Kahurangi King, Shamima Lone, Victoria McAdam, Robyn Maree Pickens, Meg Porteous, Lachlan Taylor, George Watson, Victoria Wynne-Jones.
Specs: 56 pages, 23 x 26 cm (folded vertically)
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“With words as her foundation, Conor Clarke walked around her neighbourhood, allowing intuitive associations to guide her choice of site and subject. She used a pinhole camera with no viewfinder, restricting her control over aesthetic choices and allowing for guesswork. The visual is no longer the only means of interpretation. Here, land is something to be smelt, touched, heard, felt and imagined,” writes Maya Love in Issue 00.