APPLES TO ORANGES (Solo Show)
Artspost Gallery, Hamilton, NZ, 27 March - 29 April 2025
 

Apples to Oranges is a visual dialogue on love, culture, and perception—how we express care, how we interpret symbols, and how meaning shifts depending on context. The series began with a simple observation: in many Asian cultures, love is often expressed through actions rather than words. A mother may not say “I love you,” but she will cut fruit for her child—a quiet, enduring gesture of care. As a Pākehā in a bi-cultural relationship with a Malaysian partner, I have found myself navigating the space between these different ways of being, often confronting the subtle indoctrinations of Western cultural norms. The act of sharing fruit became a metaphor for these contrasts—verbal versus unspoken, direct versus symbolic, West versus East. Read the whole text here.