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What’s On
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
An immersive installation considering the legacies of deforestation and significance of kauri trees.
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Grant Banbury
Artist Profile
Revisiting Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula and Whangaroa Akaroa Harbour
Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula and Whangaroa Akaroa Harbour have long been a haven for walkers and hikers, boaties and swimmers alike. The winding roads offer stunning vistas of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and the other outlying bays from high vantage points, and for decades artists have been inspired by the sheer power of the volcanic landforms.
Interview
A Passion for Clay and Pots
In recent months, retired potter and former president of the Canterbury Potters’ Association, Rex Valentine – a man passionate about clay – and art consultant Grant Banbury have been working behind-the-scenes in the Gallery alongside registration, curatorial and conservation staff. They’ve been assisting with an audit of a part of the collection that we’re excited to be working with more – the Gallery’s ceramics holdings.
Here Banbury and Valentine discuss the latter’s own production and involvement in pottery circles in Canterbury from the late 1960s to the 1980s; his time spent in studying pottery in Japan, and his involvement with pottery acquisitions during Brian Muir’s directorship of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. The edited extracts that follow are from an interview recorded at Valentine’s home in Christchurch on 10 April 2021.
Notes
Spreading the word
The Bull tee-shirts have taken flight, modelled here by Nicki Thorne, the Friends' new secretary, outside 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, last week.