For God, For Queen, For Country by Suzanne Tamaki (Native Sista), 2011, 2.5 x 1.5 meters, lightjet print.   

Artists statement: 

Suzanne Tamaki (Maniapoto, Tuhoe, Te Arawa) is a fibre artist with the label Native Sista. She creates body adornment, costumes and jewellery inspired by legends and mythical creatures in the Pacific, as well as traditional Maori and indigenous costuming throughout the world. Wāhine-toa feature prominently in her work, as she uses fashion to agitate discussions about indigenous issues in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Suzanne was one of the founding members of the Pacific Sisters fashion collective in the mid 90's participating in various multimedia fashion shows including: 12^th Sydney Biennale and the South Pacific Festival of the Arts in Samoa, Palau and Pagopago.

Working in groups of 3

Applying you analysis:

Read and unpack the information that is supplied: artist, title, date, medium and scale.

Context: What contextual information can you glean from the artist statement?

(refer to below cartoon for more information on context.)

Identify the formal qualities of this image: WB, ISO, aperture (DOF), shutter (movement), viewpoint, fore-mid and background, composition, framing, repetition, pattern, line, texture, color and light (hard, soft, direct, diffused, reflected, etc.)

Content: what ideas do you think the artist is trying to communicate based on this mahi?

Your opinion: Do you agree with the position that the artist is taking? Do you like the work? Try and explain why or not.

Context is the set of circumstances that surround a particular situation or in our case artwork.