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Kia ora Art New Zealand team, I thought I would touch base about the recent article / review / critical response that was written about my work in the summer issue of your magazine.

Firstly I want to say that I am extremely grateful and deeply appreciate the consideration, thoughtfulness, responsiveness and criticality that were evident in David Eggleton’s article. As an artist this type of writing allows me to reflect on my work, to grow and expand it and to understand how it is received within the world. That it has been thought about and considered so deeply, I take that in extreme gratitude and I do not underestimate it. I want to note, I think it is a beautiful piece of writing and I am lucky to have David reflect on this exhibition.

As an artist I have always thought about my responsibility to my audience, in that I understand exhibition-making to be a way to

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