Sasha Huber, God Save the Huia (detail). Metal staples on fire burned wood, 80 x 100 cm, 2015. Photograph by Matthew Patterson.
On Friday June 26, Swiss Haitian artist Sasha Huber gave a talk at New Zealand Portrait Gallery about her contemporary portraiture practice.
Sasha Huber. Photograph by Kai Kuusisto, 2014.
Huber discussed her recent project Shooting Stars (2014-), which she made using an air-powered industrial staple gun to create detailed, shimmering imagery of people who have been subjected to assassination and eradication for political, ethnic, ideological or economic reasons.
Huber also discussed the project she was working on during her residency with Te Whare Hēra. Her exhibition Agassiz Down Under was presented at the Te Whare Hēra gallery, from July 8-22, 2015.
