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LEFT: A Man of the Sandwich
Islands, in a Mask, by Thomas
Cook after John Webber,
1874.
Etching on paper. 30.7 x 22.8 cm.
British Museum, inv. Oc2006,Prt.203.
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
RIGHT: Taking Possession,
Lono, by Lisa Reihana,
Aotearoa/New Zealand,
2017.
Reproduced by permission of the artist.
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
Captain Cook
LONDON—The voyages of Oceanic explorer Captain
James Cook, whose legacy is now seen by many as
controversial, profoundly and durably marked vast areas
of the Pacifi c. Even today, he remains a larger-than-life
fi gure to whom responsibility for the course of history is
assigned, and he retains an almost mythical status in the
works of Pacifi c artists. The British Museum is honoring
this pivotal fi gure with a show of artworks from the South
Seas on view until August 4, 2019, that reveal how he
has been represented. Artists Michel Tuffery, Lisa Reihana,
and Steve Gibbs revisit the life and work of this famed
captain, who departed the shores of England 250 years
ago to sail into the great unknown.
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CENTER RIGHT: Civilised #12,
by Michael Cook, Australia,
2012.
Reproduced by permission of the artist.
© Michael Cook.
LOWER RIGHT: Cookie in the
Cook Islands, by Michel Tuffery,
M.N.Z.M., Aotearoa/New
Zealand.
Reproduced by permission of the artist.
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
BELOW: Cloak. Hawai’i.
Early to mid 18th century.
Olona fi ber, red ‘i’wi, yellow ‘o’o, and
black cock feathers. 175 x 223 cm.
British Museum, inv. Oc,HAW.134.
© The Trustees of the British Museum.