A conversation with Michael and Greg Hamson—Part i
We are delighted to present Part II of a conversation with Oceanic Art expert and dealer Michael Hamson, and his brother Greg.
Between them, they have made more than fifty extended trips to some of the most remote areas of Papua New Guinea, and are pioneers in their methods of collection and knowledge, known worldwide for their contribution.
Michael recently participated once again in Parcours Des Mondes 2021 in Paris, the theme of his catalogue and exhibition this year “Oceanic Art - Provenance and History”, adding to the numerous monographs he has published previously.
Please enjoy our meeting in Michael’s Palos Verdes gallery.
“The area had a lot of crocodiles and then had a big rainstorm. The rivers overflowed into all the regular flat areas, so whatever flat area you were in now had the crocodiles. Now the water was 3 or 4 ft deep and that chocolate brown color where you couldn’t see anything. You were trying to avoid walking through the water, and follow tree trunks, but occasionally you had to.”
We are delighted to present a conversation with Oceanic Art expert and dealer Michael Hamson, and his brother Greg.
Between them, they have made more than fifty extended trips to some of the most remote areas of Papua New Guinea, and are pioneers in their methods of collection and knowledge, known worldwide for their contribution.
Michael is participating once again in Parcours Des Mondes 2021 in Paris, the theme of his catalogue and exhibition this year “Oceanic Art - Provenance and History”, adding to the numerous monographs he has published previously.
Please enjoy Part I of our meeting in Michael’s Palos Verdes gallery.
“I still vividly remember coming back to our family, who mostly didn’t know what Michael was doing, and saying ’It’s insane, what he’s doing is just crazy’.”
