Robin White-The Collaboration (2010)

Robin White has been a significant New Zealand artist since the 1970s. Her recent collaborative work with Leba Toki and Bale Jione is inspired by her experience of living for many years in Kiribati, in the central Pacific. Both Toki and Jione are from the Fiji Islands, which is renowned for its masi [barkcloth] work. Barkcloth is a material created throughout the Pacific, incorporating unique cultural aspects of each region. These works reference the artists' Baha'i Faith, the history of indentured Indian labour in Fiji, the sugar industry itself and the tensions and opportunities that arise from the diversity that constitutes contemporary Fiji today.