Complex sentence: The overarching principle of the 2010 exhibition was'Va', or the Samoan concept of'the space between', in which Charteris explored new materials, using car paint, magnets and mother of pearl in one work, and nikau bark in another.
Split into simpler sentences: The overarching principle of the 2010 exhibition was'Va', or the Samoan concept of'the space between'. In his work for the exhibition Charteris explored new materials, using car paint, magnets and mother of pearl in one work, and nikau bark in another.