Focus on this artwork and analyze the Reception and continuation of series.
Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000) has been the subject of wide popular and critical acclaim. Critics commended the originality of Tuffery to use pop art in a way that addressed racism and economic dependence, and how the aesthetic simplicity of the work meant it could appeal towards children, as well as adults. The appeal to children persists; an episode of the TVNZ 7 children's series Tales From Te Papa was centred on the artwork, and the artwork is located near the Samoan-themed children's area of Te Papa.In her writeup for the Christchurch Art Gallery, curator Jennifer Hay described the work as a “wry socio-political message” concerning the place of foreign imported goods in Samoa as part of the larger presence of colonialism in the Pacific Islands. The work has become possibly Tuffery's best known, and is considered an important work of both Pop art and Kiwiana.
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