Benjamin Work x Harrison Freeth - Plan
430mmW x 630mmH
Giclee Print on 300gsm Hahnemühle German Etching Paper.
Limited edition of 10 prints.
Fiksate Exclusive Edition.
Fiksate Gallery in association with Canterbury Museum has produced an exclusive, limited edition giclee print by Benjamin Work and Harrison Freeth.
This work showcases the collaborative imprint from their installation for SHIFT: Urban Art Takeover.
About the Artists:
Benjamin Work Ha’a Lātūhifo / Shetland / Ayr. 1979, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
Benjamin Work is an artist, Tāmaki Makaurau-born and raised, with Tongan and Scottish heritage. Work’s evolution exemplifies the new trajectories of artists reared on American sub/pop culture, while also explicitly exploring the complexities of both cultural institutions and the Moana Oceania diaspora. Drawing on his Tongan heritage, Work has pushed his art in new directions over the last decade. Inspired by his research throughout museums across the globe; that house Tongan iconography, found on cultural treasures such as ‘akau tau (war clubs), his refined, graphic paintings have sought to find new spaces and ways for audiences to engage with Tonga’s visual culture, both inside institutions and on the streets.
Harrison Freeth
Born and raised in Dunedin, Harrison Freeth pursued his artistic education at Dunedin School of Art graduating with a BVA. Harrison's work delves into the human experience through storytelling and embodiment. His art reflects an exploration of the intricate, contradictory and poetic aspects of life, employing the role of an affable trickster to provoke deeper contemplation of image and material meanings. Weaving threads of his ancestry into his pre-existing practice, Harrison explores his relationship to Tonga through his grandmother Sola Guttenbeil, who was born in Vava'u and migrated to Aotearoa in the 1940s.
Benjamin Work x Harrison Freeth - Plan
430mmW x 630mmH
Giclee Print on 300gsm Hahnemühle German Etching Paper.
Limited edition of 10 prints.
Fiksate Exclusive Edition.
Fiksate Gallery in association with Canterbury Museum has produced an exclusive, limited edition giclee print by Benjamin Work and Harrison Freeth.
This work showcases the collaborative imprint from their installation for SHIFT: Urban Art Takeover.
About the Artists:
Benjamin Work Ha’a Lātūhifo / Shetland / Ayr. 1979, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
Benjamin Work is an artist, Tāmaki Makaurau-born and raised, with Tongan and Scottish heritage. Work’s evolution exemplifies the new trajectories of artists reared on American sub/pop culture, while also explicitly exploring the complexities of both cultural institutions and the Moana Oceania diaspora. Drawing on his Tongan heritage, Work has pushed his art in new directions over the last decade. Inspired by his research throughout museums across the globe; that house Tongan iconography, found on cultural treasures such as ‘akau tau (war clubs), his refined, graphic paintings have sought to find new spaces and ways for audiences to engage with Tonga’s visual culture, both inside institutions and on the streets.
Harrison Freeth
Born and raised in Dunedin, Harrison Freeth pursued his artistic education at Dunedin School of Art graduating with a BVA. Harrison's work delves into the human experience through storytelling and embodiment. His art reflects an exploration of the intricate, contradictory and poetic aspects of life, employing the role of an affable trickster to provoke deeper contemplation of image and material meanings. Weaving threads of his ancestry into his pre-existing practice, Harrison explores his relationship to Tonga through his grandmother Sola Guttenbeil, who was born in Vava'u and migrated to Aotearoa in the 1940s.