Kawhia, Red Hill, Kai Iwi (triptych)

Central to this triptych is the cross motif, which echoes across all three photographs. In one image ‘Not Understood’ runs along the horizontal beam of a grave marker; two woven mats form a cross in another, with the view narrowed down to the area where Christ’s head rested; and in the third photograph a bold white cross created by square floor tiles reverses out of a shiny black background. Kawhia, Red Hill, Kai Iwi pays homage to Māori Christianity and expresses an awareness of the questions of faith in relation to death.

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