In print: Erin Griffey on Claudia Jowitt

Print Magazine

24 Feb

“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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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.

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