About exhibition

Kaiqi and Rubee’s practices are intertwined through their mutual love and interest in water, utilizing clay as a medium to explore this essential element. Kaiqi’s work embodies the quiet rhythm of the water, delving into themes of self-reflection and personal evolution. In contrast, Rubee’s pieces illustrate the imprint of water's touch on the shoreline and the interactions between humans and the oceanic environment. This exhibition calls audiences to consider relationships with water, it’s integralness to life, and how it forms the world around us. 

About Rubee’s work

“For a long time I have been interested in and inspired by water. At some point I started noticing not just the water itself, but how bodies of water and creatures within the water carve landscapes, sculpting stone.

I walk shorelines, photographing sand, stones, shells, and rock, running my fingers across their curves and hollows. I learn the shapes of their existence and erosion and repeat these into clay. The movements of nature interpreted through me to create pieces that whilst static, yearn to be touched and turned and pressed like stones tossed in the waves.

Three key coastal locations in Tāmaki Makarau Auckland inform the sculptural forms and textures of these pieces. At Long Bay Beach I found one of my first hole-filled stones, Chelsea Bay Beach showed me features in the bedrock created by ocean organisms and Karaka Bay Beach gave me shells with worm-like indentations.

I am informed not only by the eternal movements of water against coastal landscapes, but also the more recent encroachment of humans into those ecosystems. Incorporated in this exhibition are found materials, human-made beach detritus from Karaka Bay Beach that has been similarly broken and worn by the waves.”

Works by Rubee

Long Bay Beach Stone 2, 4, 5, 18, 24, 27, 33: grey stoneware clay and matte grey shino glaze, dimensions variable

Karaka Bay Beach Stone 1, 3, 13, 22, 23, 31: grey stoneware clay and matte grey shino glaze, dimensions variable

Chelsea Bay Beach Stone 1, 3, 16, 19, 26, 29, 34: grey stoneware clay and matte grey shino glaze, dimensions variable

Karaka Bay Beach Detritus 6, 7, 8: sand and detritus from Karaka Bay Beach, dimensions variable

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