Ui Po Ae Fau AoTread the Night to Build the Day

1997

Fatu Feu'u

Accessible

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Oil paint
  • Board

Dimensions

  • 6 panels. approx H3000 x W1500mm

Fatu Feu'u, 'Ui Po Ae Fau Ao (Tread the Night to build the Day)' (1997), University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

2019–Current

Commerce Building (Rehua), University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch

1997–2010

Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Arts, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Artists
Credit

University of Canterbury Art Collection

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

Produced during the artist's time as the inaugural Macmillan Brown Centre Artist in Residence in 1997 for a specific site in the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Arts.

Ui Po Ae Fau Ao is a Samoan phrase referring to the work that must be put in before we can achieve success. It is a vibrant painting referencing traditional tapa patterns and Pacific forms.