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Lucy Meyle, May Fair Art Fair
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Lucy Meyle, May Fair Art Fair

Lucy Meyle is a multidisciplinary artist from Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work often explores "relationships between humans and the more-than-human," and between human-made and naturally occurring entities.

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Parasite, May Fair Art Fair
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Parasite, May Fair Art Fair

Parasite, an appointment-only space on Karangahape Road—was founded this year by Daniel John Corbett Sanders, who has done much of late to highlight the low visibility of LGBTQIA+ art at Aotearoa’s larger institutions.

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Sione Tuívailala Monū, May Fair Art Fair
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Sione Tuívailala Monū, May Fair Art Fair

Sione Tuívailala Monū is an artist of Tongan heritage who has been attracting attention for some years now. Their May Fair Online booth is strikingly elegant, decorated with a large coconut palm and a family of pigs seemingly sculpted out of marble.

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Tyson Campbell & George Watson, May Fair Art Fair
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Tyson Campbell & George Watson, May Fair Art Fair

The artists, Tyson Campbell and George Watson, lean into the fantastical possibilities of the digital context. The floor of their booth features squares of inlaid pāua, in a sort of luxe, local reimagining of chequered tiling. A butterfly is present as well. Campbell explains that it alludes to patupaiarehe, fairy-like forest beings.

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