TROPIC ARCADIA
Closes Sun 9 JulChildren's Gallery
TROPIC ARCADIA is an unexpected, new travel destination for families! Tongan-Polynesian artist Samuel Tupou has created a curious, pop-up island for you to explore. Discover his colourful patterns inspired by tapa (bark cloth) designs set amongst a surreal, tropical landscape that is part memory, part imagination, part arcade game.
Visit HOTA’s Children’s Gallery and collect your map to start your expedition. There is so much to do and discover as you journey throughout TROPIC ARCADIA. Through the layered art of Samuel Tupou, families will be transported into a multi-dimensional realm of fun and adventure.
Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts with Samuel Tupou
Exhibition Major Partner Robina Town Centre, Bendigo Bank Community Bank Paradise Point and Pimpama-Ormeau
The HOTA Children’s Gallery is supported by the Thyne Reid Foundation.
#A message from Samuel
My work is heavily inspired by traditional Tongan and Pacific Island tapa cloth design. I have incorporated design elements such as layers of pattern and repetition of symbols and motifs into my work to create new tapa which speaks of immigration, westernisation and identity within a global context. I am attempting to create new narratives, which portray both personal and shared histories.
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