Free Range

Curated by Cheryl Lucas & Caroline Billing

28th August – 28th September

The National, Christchurch.

In ‘Free Range’, 16 contemporary artists plunder the associations of the egg.  At the invitation of Cheryl Lucas, each artist in the exhibition was given 12 ceramic eggs (made by Lucas). In a concept that is equal parts delight and curiosity, she called upon friends and makers to see how they would answer the creative challenge. 

“Rich with potential, eggs serve as symbols of rustic abundance, of new life, the continuation of cycles, or caretaking, and of sustenance. Inherently fragile, the neat organic capsule yet protects a hidden bounty.

The assembled artists take these cues and run”.


~ Tessa McPhee


Artists:

Wayne Youle    
Steven Junil Park         
Jacquelyn Greenbank    
Gerard Dombroski     
Cat Fooks
Emma Fitts                          
Nichola Shanley     
Julia Holderness   
Peter Hawkesby        
Kate Fitzharris      
Lisa Patterson
Delaney Davidson
Janna van Hasselt
Sue Upritchard             
Sandra Thomson  
Cheryl Lucas