The Sculptural Resonance of Molly Morell Macalister In the quiet, enduring textures of New Zealand modernism, few names evoke as much tactile reverence as Molly Morell Macalister. Born on May 18, 1920, in the southern reaches of Invercargill, Macalister’s life was a journey of profound artistic discovery, moving from the structured intellectualism of her upbringing to the visceral, earth-bound reality of sculpture and wood carving. Her early years, shaped by the legal legacy of the Macalister Brothers firm, provided a foundation of discipline that she would later transmute into the fluid, em…