19 NOVEMBER – 6 FEBRUARY

BRIT BUNKLEY, EDDIE CLEMENS, PETER MADDEN, BEN PEARCE, DAVID RYAN, PETER TREVELYAN, RONNIE VAN HOUT

DIONOIA: A Diorama of Paranoia is an exhibition that marks the final year of the Mayan calendar.    The exhibition entertains the prophecies and doomsday theories associated with this event; that is, the end of the world as we know it.  It will be a constructed environment, thick with unease and anxiety.

DIONOIA features art works by male artists who work in three dimensions: sculpture, installation and animation.  These works reference fallen empires, megalomaniac regimes, disasters – natural and man-made – and apocalyptic narratives in popular culture.  This exhibition might also be considered a survey of emerging and established New Zealand male sculptors and questions if apocalyptic visions may be a male concern.

Image above:  Peter Trevelyan, Hyperboloid 2011 (bird’s eye view).  Pencil lead construction 1500 x 550 x 550 mm.  Courtesy of the artist.  Image by Shaun Waugh.



Richard Parker:
Master of Craft
3 DECEMBER – 6 FEBRUARY

Richard Parker is an internationally renowned award winning ceramicist who is often described as 'a potter's potter'.   This exhibition provides insight into the practice of this master maker and highlights his substantial influence on the New Zealand ceramics tradition.

The signature forms Parker uses - the plate, dish and vase - provide the foundation for a seemingly infinite variety of pattern, texture, and colour. Luscious glazes and a distinctive rhythm born of repetition, variation and duplication characterise his art.

Richard Parker: Master of Craft is curated for Objectspace, Auckland by curator, writer, academic and one of New Zealand's most notable collectors of studio ceramics, Richard Fahey.  It is the inaugural event in the Masters of Craft series of exhibitions that celebrate the achievements of leading New Zealand makers.
The exhibition is complemented with a catalogue which will be available for sale at The Suter Shop for $35.


Portage Ceramics Award 2011
17 DECEMBER – 12 FEBRUARY

The annual Portage Ceramic Awards, facilitated by Lopdell House Gallery in Titirangi and The Trusts Community Foundation, is an important and influential event for New Zealand ceramics. 

This award offers a $15,000 top prize, which encourages ceramicists throughout the country to submit their work for evaluation by an international judge.  Australian potter, Janet Mansfield, has been announced as the judge for the Portage Ceramic Awards 2011 and successful entries will be presented as an exhibition at Lopdell House Gallery in Titirangi.

This year, a selection of entries will be re-presented at The Suter Gallery in Nelson as a showcase of contemporary New Zealand ceramic practice.



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