Painting Fatu Hiva
FATU HIVA is found within the chain of islands called today The Marquesas!
Te Henua Enana/Te fenua Enata, “the land of men” – most people know these chain of islands as the Marquesas (Îles Marquises), named such, after Spanish explorer A’lvaro de Mendana de Neira who reached them in 1595.
Naming them such after the Viceroy of Peru – “Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Marquis of Canete”.
The L…
Around 200BC
AROUND 200BC in China – some guy had a spark of brilliance and creative genius and discovered an artistic use for colour and shape, through the medium of what we now call “COLLAGE”, a term which was later defined by art heavy weights “Pablo Picasso” and “George Braque”.
This form of art meandered its way through the developed feudal societies of Asia, onward through the dark ages, observed b…