Are relations in society totally black and white? Do we need to read the rules first to play the game?

People who form picket lines may know the answers.

Pickup sticks are just child’s play, but here I look at underlying issues that we mostly choose not to participate in. Where did the vandals that we find in our backyard come from?

New Zealand artists Michael Parekowhai and Selwyn Muru might be seen as influences on my work, while I also have an interest in Matt Pine’s black, white and red sculptures.

In 1994 Michael Parekowhai made a huge set of pick up sticks, and much of his work is subtle and humorous looking at issues in New Zealand’s society.

Selwyn Muru assembled his found and made object fence “Palisade” that referenced Maori defense enclosures in 1983 - 84. This was placed between his white, colonial picket fence and his house in Auckland. It could be seen as a stand about ownership of land and culture.