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DiaporamaThe Ponsonby Madonna
1983
361.0 x 237.0 cm
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
The Ponsonby Madonna is the only mural-sized painting Tony Fomison completed. It was commissioned for St Paul’s College in Ponsonby, Auckland and remained in situ at the school chapel until 2006. The painting was much publicised during its production as was Fomison’s strongly held belief in a ‘multi-cultural New Zealand’. The Ponsonby Madonna depicts two generalised Polynesian faces, closely entwined as mother and son.The double portrait format is repeated in several paintings Fomison did at this time on the subject of the transition of genealogical information, or ‘the handing down’ of knowledge and cultural history. As a translation of the biblical figure of Mary into a Pacific context, Fomison gives form to concepts of heritage both religious and cultural.See more detail about this artwork
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About this artwork
- Title: The Ponsonby Madonna
- Artist: anthony leslie fomison
- Year: 1983
- Original dimensions: 361.0 x 237.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Main color: Putty
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