Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves
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Artist
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Production Date
2001
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Medium
reflective road sign vinyl and automotive paint on aluminium panels
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Size
1600 x 2400 mm
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Credit
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001
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Accession Number
C2001/1/26/1-24
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Accession Date
06 Dec 2001
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Department
New Zealand Art
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Classification
Painting
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Collection
Chartwell
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Subjects
abstraction, signs, weaving
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Chartwell Notes
Artist and jeweller Niki Hastings-McFall’s sculptural practice frequently brings together Samoan iconography and traditions with mass-produced contemporary materials, exploring her Palagi and Samoan heritage as well as the urbanisation of Pacific peoples and culture. The appropriation of reflective road-sign vinyl and automotive paint in Dangerous Curves immediately evokes long hours spent in a car, watching road signs flash past the window—or staring at the horizon if you are prone to motion sickness. Rather than presenting a single recognisable symbol, such as the wiggly arrow that signals curves ahead, Hastings-McFall constructs a dense pattern field. The work is redolent of traditional siapo and tatau, as well as evocations of the moana, immersing the viewer in a heightened field of awareness.
