Gravy Exhibition 2006

In this body of of work, entitled Gravy, Joanna Fieldes uses Captain Cook's arrival on these shores as a starting point for her ironic investigation of New Zealand's colonial past.

Ceramic vessels play a significant role, acting both as containers of colonial culture and as the colonists themselves.

Through out the series, the vessel is a vehicle for ideas - a container of history, bearing links to the past and the future. It can be either a loving cup or a poisoned chalice - or perhaps both. Joanna Fieldes offers no firm conclusions; instead these skilful, insightful and humorous paintings encourage the viewer to participate in a lively and on-going cultural debate.

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• Land of Milk and Honey Land of Milk and Honey
• Lines Drawn Lines Drawn
• Soup Bowl Soup Bowl
• Souvenir Cup Souvenir Cup
• The Head The Head
• The Headland The Headland
• Casserole Casserole
• Cooks Gravy Boat Cooks Gravy Boat
• Meat in the Middle Meat in the Middle
• Pop Goes the Weasel Pop Goes the Weasel
• Spilt Gravy Spilt Gravy
• Gravy Waka Gravy Waka
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