WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2023
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Audrey in Wonderland Julia Mahony
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A colourful realm of ceramic characters and creatures has been carved and shaped by the 93-year-old hands of Masterton artist Audrey Hall. Hall’s solo art show, “Wonderland”, is on at King Street Artworks in Masterton until May 31. As of Monday, 16 pieces had sold. In scenes imagined by Hall, many based on nursery rhymes or fairytales, Peter Pumpkin Eater’s wife is kept inside a giant vegetable; a man chops down the Tree of Life atop a tower called “Genesis and Destruction”; and Adam and Eve encounter the serpent – in this case, the Garden of Eden is half a green apple encasing the couple and their tormenter. Standout pieces in the show include circular ceramic books depicting the stories of Les Misérables [a novel by Victor Hugo, first read by Hall 70 years ago] and the Greek legend Theseus and the Minotaur;
both pieces comprising fanned sections packed with figures. Hall can tell both stories in detail. Elsewhere in the gallery, a dragon sits with its mouth hinged open, as a mouse goes to work on the beast’s rows of teeth in “Dragon at the Dentist” – one of the pieces that sold straight away. Rows of Hall’s interpretations of characters from Alice in Wonderland and Wind in the Willows line the walls. Red Riding Hood, Paddington Bear, Little Boy Blue and many companions pop against the white background. A lighthouse, a spinning wheel, a gypsy caravan, sea snails and squirrels vie for attention, in the King Street Gallery’s first solo show since covid-19. Hall began visiting the opendoor community creative space 13 years ago, to fill her retirement days.
Ceramics artist Audrey Hall with “Adam and Eve”. PHOTO/JULIA MAHONY
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