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EYED-ENTITY by South Auckland-based artist and performer, Cypris Afakasi, was produced for the Vunilagi Vou exhibition project, Finding Emory: A Poster Show (2019). This poster is one of a series of seven original works inspired by the iconic aesthetic of Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture f...

A poster made whilst Vunilagi Vou was based in Ōtāhuhu and artist-curator Ema Tavola begrudgingly encountered the Nixon Memorial on Great South Road multiple times a day. The poster was Initially designed as back-up work for the exhibition, Finding Emory – A Poster Show but it wasn’t ...

Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.In this work, the central figure is a Fijian matakau – a carved female ancestor figure, featuring tattooed hips, loins and mouth. It is from central Viti Levu, and is the “property" of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The civavo...

One of two large-scale paintings produced for artist Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola’s third solo exhibition, Backbone presented at Vunilagi Vou in April-May 2023.The work produced for Backbone was informed by what is commonly known as Lapita Pottery, a ceramic tradition that maps human migration and settl...

Original price was: $ . $250 Current price is: $250.An exhibition print of “Faith" by artist Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola, is one of three works from the “Grounded, Flux Faith" series (2022) originally commissioned for Volumes: Bodies of Knowledge curated by Dr Torika Bolatagici for Communi...

Original price was: $ . $250 Current price is: $250.Grounded, Flux Faith (2022) was a series that artist, Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola, produced during the 2021 lockdowns to pay homage to the design and practice of tarot card reading. She says, “I used tarot cards a lot during the pandemic. T...

Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.Kaiviti and Vanua are terms in Fijian language related to the ways we connect, identify and ground ourselves as Fijians. Kaiviti refers to someone from Fiji, and Vanua is defined as “interconnectedness inclusive of culture, chiefs, know...

This work was made at Vunilagi Vou as a fast and intuitive one-day painting inspired by the Toitū Te Tiriti nationwide activati0n on 30 May 2024. The Toitū Te Tiriti movement and solidarity for this vital and urgent kaupapa inspired a powerful reflection on the ground stone of the structural viol...

Produced for the Vunilagi Vou exhibition project, Finding Emory: A Poster Show (2019), this work is one of a series of seven original posters inspired by the iconic aesthetic of Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. From the controversial trial of armed Police respo...

Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.A special print edition of a stunning aerial photograph by Ōtara-based artist Antonio Filipo. The work was made in 2020 from a drone flying above Ngāti Ōtara Park in Ōtara, looking north to where the Ōtara Creek joins with the Tāmak...

Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.In this digital collage, the central image is a re-assembled pot from the ‘Lapita’ period, Oceania’s first inhabitants. In the re-assembling of ceramic shards, found across the region, patterns and motifs are revealed, l...

Original price was: $ . $39 Current price is: $39.The Struggle is a poster work made by artist-curator, Ema Tavola in collaboration with graphic designer, Nicole Lim. The original illustration was made in 2019 and later produced as a poster sold exclusively through Vunilagi Vou where it ...