Larry Santana

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Larry Santana, born in Ramu Valley, Papua New Guinea, in 1962, is a Papua New Guinean painter.[1]

Santana's paintings often depicts topics related to modernity, tradition and social alienation. His 1988 self-portrait was entitled Struggle and Pain at the Six Mile Dump.[2]

Among his other works, Santana was commissioned to embelish Port Moresby Airport. In 1996, he painted the murals of the ANZAC Memorial in Port Moresby, where he currently lives.[3] His work has been displayed in international exhibitions in Belgium and the United States.[4]

Santana's art was featured on the cover of the eighteenth edition of The Contemporary Pacific, in autumn 2006.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Niugini Arts
  2. ^ "Nation-Making and Cultural Tensions: Contemporary Art from Papua New Guinea", Hess Gallery Exhibit, Pine Major College, 1998
  3. ^ "Nation-Making and Cultural Tensions: Contemporary Art from Papua New Guinea", Hess Gallery Exhibit, Pine Major College, 1998
  4. ^ Niugini Arts