Billie Culy, Spoon Sweets

6.06.25 - 28.06.25

8 Blair Street, Te Aro Wellington
Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm

KAUKAU is pleased to present Spoon Sweets, a solo exhibition by Billie Culy.

A sweet preserve, served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality. They can be made from almost any fruit, though sour and bitter fruits are especially prized. While in Greece we were often served these after a meal or while visiting people. In Athens, sometimes they would be made with the bitter oranges from the trees that lined the streets. 

I made these works while spending time in various Greek communities and neighbourhoods. They are expressions of gratitude for hospitality. As someone from another place, I made small observations, subtle shifts of light and sound, how they inform an experience of a place and people. I wanted to feel the heat and breeze when looking at them. A towel, bed sheet or a box of tissues, watching these unassuming objects reflecting one another in a landscape.