GIFTS OF CIVILIZATION

  • Paradise IV 2002

    Paradise IV 2002

  • Paradise IV 2002

    Paradise IV 2002

  • Exchange Rates I 2003

    Exchange Rates I 2003

  • Exchange Rates I 2003

    Exchange Rates I 2003

  • Exchange Rates II 2003

    Exchange Rates II 2003

  • Exchange Rates II 2003

    Exchange Rates II 2003

  • Exchange Rates III 2003

    Exchange Rates III 2003

  • Exchange Rates III 2003

    Exchange Rates III 2003

  • For a Forty Penny Nail 2003

    For a Forty Penny Nail 2003

  • For a Forty Penny Nail 2003

    For a Forty Penny Nail 2003

  • For a Forty Penny Nail 2003 interior detail

    For a Forty Penny Nail 2003 interior detail

  • Melting Pot 2003

    Melting Pot 2003

  • Melting Pot 2003

    Melting Pot 2003

  • Melting Pot 2003 interior detail

    Melting Pot 2003 interior detail

  • ONE 2003

    ONE 2003

  • ONE 2003 interior detail

    ONE 2003 interior detail

  • ONE 2003 interior detail

    ONE 2003 interior detail

  • Paradise VII 2003

    Paradise VII 2003

  • Paradise VII 2003 interior detail

    Paradise VII 2003 interior detail

  • Poi Vessel 2003

    Poi Vessel 2003

  • Poi Vessel 2003 detail

    Poi Vessel 2003 detail

  • Poi Vessel 2003 interior detail

    Poi Vessel 2003 interior detail

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Avid, Wellington, 2003
‘Gifts of Civilization’, the term used by Captain Cook to describe the  contact between Europeans and the native peoples his expeditions encountered examines Hawai’ian history. From the arrival of Captain James Cook with his exchange rates and his sailor’s diseases to the annexation of Hawaii by US businessmen provide rich imagery. This history includes the influence of the Freemasons, the power of the U.S dollar,  the promotion of Hawaii as a tourist destination, the proliferation of white stretch limos, and photographs celebrating the ‘melting pot’ of races.
The tradional Hawai'ian bowl, the Poi vessel, used for food and religious ceremony, provided the inspiration for the form.