Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara

Internationally renowned artist Yuki Kihara - the first Fa'afafine and Pacific artist to represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the Venice Biennale - reframes history through a contemporary queer, Indigenous lens.

Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is known for work that interrogates and dismantles colonial legacies in the Pacific from a queer Samoan perspective. Kihara is the first Pasifika and Fa'afafine artist to represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the prestigious Venice Biennale, with a groundbreaking exhibition of new work that addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time.

In this companion publication to the exhibition, contributors from around the world explore the interwoven strands running through Kihara's powerful body of work: race, gender, place, decolonisation, environment, agency, community. The book includes a 'visual chapter' from the artist herself, offering a glimpse into her creative process. Archival imagery and behind-the-scenes photographs further contextualise Paradise Camp and Kihara's other artworks, which puncture, expose, queer and question dominant narratives, turning so-called history on its head.