Cammo's Corner - Volcanoes of the World - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 5:24 PM I love your thread Cammo - you're putting the highbrow back into lowbrow! It's like a regular little TC art history class. How good is that chess set? - it wouldn't look out of place in any modern design store. And don't get me started on the Gauguin.... PS your recent carvings are very cool - I like that you don't limit your inspiration to just the regular sources, but have embraced the whole primitivism/modernism oeuvre. I've been looking at the early Maori modernist stuff lately, and it's very interesting to see how it worked in reverse - a Polynesian culture adapting their traditions to embrace Western/Modern modes of expression. Even cooler cause it started in the late 50s/early 60s. You can never have too much art!

I love your thread Cammo - you're putting the highbrow back into lowbrow! It's like a regular little TC art history class. How good is that chess set? - it wouldn't look out of place in any modern design store. And don't get me started on the Gauguin....
PS your recent carvings are very cool - I like that you don't limit your inspiration to just the regular sources, but have embraced the whole primitivism/modernism oeuvre. I've been looking at the early Maori modernist stuff lately, and it's very interesting to see how it worked in reverse - a Polynesian culture adapting their traditions to embrace Western/Modern modes of expression. Even cooler cause it started in the late 50s/early 60s. You can never have too much art!

Post #370521 by Paipo on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 5:24 PM