Fiona Garlick b. 1968
Piwakawaka and the Pinecone , 2022
Cast bronze and bluestone
60 x 30 x 35 on 98cm high plinth
Edition 5 of 7
Edition 5 of 7
According to some Maori mythology, the Piwakawaka is a messenger, bringing death or news of death from the gods to the people.… perched atop the pinecone could this cheeky little...
According to some Maori mythology, the Piwakawaka is a messenger, bringing death or news of death from the gods to the people.… perched atop the pinecone could this cheeky little messenger be heralding the demise of our native landscape to the invading pine?
Piwakawaka and the Pinecone is part of an ongoing body of work drawn from the historical introduction of non native plants and animals to the New Zealand landscape.