2005

 

Larinae Stewart

Wanganui, NZ

An optimistic view of life

Slumping & assemblage

54 H x 20 W x 4 D cm

bow is 75 cm

Since immigrating to New Zealand from South Africa, I have had to deal with the pain of separation from my family, my childhood, familiar landscapes and those wonderful African experiences. I am experiencing the way dislocation brings out fresh struggles when trying to establish a new identity within a new culture. I am absorbed by the idea of home, displacement, dislocation, identity, sense of place, memory and loss. Geographical dislocation provides me with new vision and self discovery.
Glass is a wonderfully seductive medium which enables me to express ideas. It symbolises strength, fragility and transparency in relationships. My work is a personal narrative which deals with the issues of living in two cultures.