Expat artist Alexis Hunter delved into clay while visiting New Zealand earlier this year, creating three new bodies of work of ceramic tableware. The Pakeha Series - about food and consumption; the Hawaiki Series - about Maori creation myth; and the Muse on Myth series -that echoes the universality of metaphor and use combined with Judaeo-Christian myth.Expat artist Alexis Hunter delved into clay while visiting New Zealand earlier this year, creating three new bodies of work of ceramic tableware. The Pakeha Series - about food and consumption; the Hawaiki Series - about Maori creation myth; and the Muse on Myth series -that echoes the universality of metaphor and use combined with Judaeo-Christian myth.Alexis worked at the Studio Ceramics workshop in West Auckland. Over the summer months these three groups of work will be on display.

Myth and Culture
Ceramics by Alexis Hunter
Exhibition Dates:
Friday 5th December 2003 - Sunday 8th February 2004

Corban Estate Arts Centre
426 Great North Rd
Henderson
Waitakere City

Ph 09 838 4455
Email: info@ceac.org.nz

Jovan Rancich and Wally Silva - Pioneer Potters Exhibition

Pioneering Potters
- Jovan Rancich and Wally Silva

Exhibition Dates:
Friday 5th December 2003 - Sunday 8th February 2004

In 1932 Serbian potter Jovan Rancich set up a workshop in New Lynn, West Auckland where he made and sold a wide range of boldly colored decorative ceramics to passing visitors, many of whom were day trippers to the Waitakere Ranges.

Rancich's distinctive work was highly influenced by his European heritage and stood out from the work of the small number of potters working at the time. Following Rancich's death in 1942, his wife Vera continued to run the workshop for a number of years in partnership with Wally Silva, Rancich's young apprentice, who then went on to set up his own business, 'Sylvian Pottery'.

Little recently has been known about this man especially as following his death his family left New Zealand to live in Canada.

This exhibition aims to shed light on the life and work of these two potters, and bring together a selection of their now highly sort after pieces. The process of gathering information for the exhibition had been greatly aided by the chance discovery of Rancich's daughters, who still live in Canada, and through discussions with Wally Silva's family members.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication featuring images of key pieces and a selection of recently discovered photographs and information about these pioneering potters. ($14.95)

This exhibition has been supported by Creative New Zealand.

Corban Esate Arts Cnetre
426 Great North Rd
Henderson
Waitakere City
Ph 09 838 4455
Email: info@ceac.org.nz