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while ignoring the deeper symbolism and cultural significance. In this work Frizzell is creating a study for a series of ā€˜lowā€™ art paintings he created to fill a perceived void in the art world at the time. The works created by Frizzell became highly commercialised and widely spread through New Zealand, which spearheaded a new wave of appropriation to occur as once again it became popular to commandeer Māori imagery with little regard to the culture behind it.
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Goofy Tiki Study is a Gouache and pencil on paper work, that depicts a stylised hei tiki with large lettering proclaiming ā€œGoofy Tikiā€. The work responds to the wealth of ā€˜lowā€™ art produced for tourism that can be found all throughout New Zealand, that appropriates and exploits Māori art imagery
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Though he is best known for his cartoon-derived work, Frizzell is also known as a painter of photorealistic landscapes and still life. His landscapes, often views of rural New Zealand as seen from narrow country roads, have been the subject of several exhibitions, among them
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Frizzell has contributed designs to Esther Diamond linen company, has released several varieties of "Frizzell Wines," and designed the cover and several illustrations for
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Frizzell is also responsible for the lithograph 'Mickey to Tiki, Tu Meke'. This has now become a best selling print in New Zealand. It portrays a cartoon '
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Frizzell does not stay within one particular style, and often adopts unfashionable painting styles. Thus, he can be compared to artists such as
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Frizzell became known for his use of Tiki in his works. One of his famous pieces 'Goofy Tiki Study' is now in the care of the
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aroused controversy for his series of paintings reworking the tiki image to resemble subjects as varied as
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of 1997 also attracted some controversy, somewhat due to the inclusion of
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Sarah Catherall, "Frizzell and Hunt team up for exhibition"
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Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington
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MNZM
Ilam School of Fine Arts
Pop
Otis Frizzell
MNZM
pop art
Kiwiana
Māori art
tiki
tā moko
Auckland
Roy Lichtenstein
Ian Scott
Andy Warhol
advertising character
Four Square
Mickey Mouse
tiki
Christchurch Art Gallery

Ilam School of Fine Arts
University of Canterbury
Rudi Gopas
Russell Clark
Gow Langsford Gallery
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Picasso
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Hamish Keith
Sam Hunt

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