Ryan and Betty-Anne Monga, the core of South Auckland “poly funk” band Ardijah, are profiled in this episode from a Māori Television series about leading Māori artists. In this excerpt, they recall their early days, with Betty-Anne as a soloist and Ryan leading a “boys group” covers band with dreams of a residency on the club circuit. Their decision to join forces resulted in a chart hits like ‘Give Me Your Number’ and ‘Time Makes a Wine’, and in the band becoming a family business — with their son playing bass (but only after a rigorous audition).

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1. Wellington composer Jenny Mcleod sees herself as part of the community but it took some time to find this identity. -- 2. Lion New Zealand is involved in state of the art Yacht Design and every four years these designs come together for the Whitbread Round the World race. New Zealander Ron Holland has designed Lion's latest yacht. Peter Blake talks about what has to be considered for this type of racing. -- 3. The exhibition "Anxious Images" from New Zealand artists looks at our public and private anxieties. -- 4. The craft of instrument making was celebrated in an exhibition for National Music Week - duplicate on VL_90039_01

1. Craftsman and wood turner Paul Mason has had a change in direction since moving from the city to a remote part of Rangitiki. -- 2. New York is America's centre for music and musicians flock there from all over the world including Auckland Lyn Williamson, who writes her own songs and sings them in a piano bar.Her songs still have a Kiwi flavour, such as 'At the Beach'. --3. Australian novelist and Nobel prizewinner, Patrick White, has been in New Zealand to present the first Media Peace prizes. He broke his rule about no television interviews and talked to Gordon McLauchlan. unstable vision throughout

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Maryam Erfan looks at the booming Middle Eastern and Iranian art market. She asks why is there such an interest in works of art that have previously been ignored by buyers from outside the region and meet experts who fear the bubble could yet burst.

Teuane Tibbo, who began painting at the age of 69, was one of the earliest Pacific painters recognised by New Zealand’s mainstream art scene. Her work was influential in the 1960s and early 1970s. Tibbo grew up in Samoa. She lived in Fiji with her second husband, and with her family (which included eight children) moved to New Zealand in her 40s. This video features Tibbo talking about her artworks, and was likely made in 1973.

Footage of the Cover to Cover Bookworks Exhibition by the Association of Women Artists at the Outreach Cultural Centre from October 1st to 12th 1990. Video made by Claudia Pond Eyley. The following text is from the foreword of the exhibition notes, written by Claudia Pond Eyley and Beth Serjeant - "This exhibition of bookworks, the second to be mounted by the Association of Women Artists, is an indication of the growing interest in New Zealand of this expanding field. As seems to be happening internationally the books themselves are constantly exploring new ways of communicating, sharing and storing ideas/concepts, meshing media too. This year we have an increasing number of book objects to tease, taunt and test those who are prepared to spend time to browse through the exhibits. A hands on policy is the best way to view books, we ask you to please wear the gloves provided and to treat each volume gently - after all "Books mirror people!" (Slivca)" Artists in the show include: Caroline Bensinger, Joan Buller, Barbara De Mora, Val Cuthbert, Zena Abbott, Chris Massey, Claudia Pond Eyley, Adrienne Rewi, Dawn Pearce, Pamela Brooks Corbett, Maggie Taylor, Virginia King, Elizabeth Steiner, Lesley Kaiser, Sandra Morris, Berwyn Hartley, Kowhai Intermediate School Tamsin/Gil Hanly, Julie Ryan, Nicola Shanley-Nest, Catharina Kenkel, Daniella Aleh, Joan Travaglia, Lola W. Badman, Christine Hellyer, Helen Schamroth, Hilary Kerrop, Sylvia Siddell, Janette Craig, Maureen Zandorigo, Rachel Butler, Catherine Crooks, Charlotte Fisher, Carole Shepheard, Elizabeth Serjeant, Jude graveson, Jill Godwin, Donna Campbell, Chiara Corbelletto, Emily Siddell.

New Zealanders from all walks of life are collecting art – why do they do it, and how? This documentary looks at a range of New Zealanders who share the passion for art. We visit their homes and collections, hear how they got started, and are introduced to some of their favourite works. We also meet artists and art dealers who offer their own perspectives on collecting.

The growth of art in New Zealand, from the staid landscapes of 50 years ago to recent movements where anything can be considered art.

For over 20 years the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh worked almost exclusively in Glasgow where all his best-known work was created and where much of it remains today. It was only in later life that Mackintosh left Glasgow in search of greater success, ending his career in London where he died in relative obscurity at the age of 60. It is perhaps ironic therefore that Mackintosh was given so little recognition by his native city during his lifetime. This was to change and by the end of the 20th century, some 70 years after his death, he was finally lauded as the father of “Glasgow Style”. A MODERN MAN takes a critical look at Mackintosh’s life and artistic career.

Interview with war Artist Peter McIntyre. Only one segment of this episode.

Interview and studio visit with performance artist Philip Dadson.

Interview and studio visit with artist Jim Allen.

This documentary provides a look at the life and times of Mexico's most famous woman painter, Frida Kahlo. This film portrays the artist's life in the famous "Blue House" outside of Mexico City that she shared with her husband, the famous muralist and painter Diego Rivera. A near fatal bus accident, years of traumatic surgery, and endless heartache left Frida Kahlo devastated, relentlessly transferring her physical and emotional pain to the canvas. Readings from her diaries, archival photographs, and film footage offer an intimate portrait. Narrated by Sada Thompson and commentary written by Hayden Herrera, this documentary explores Kahlo as the center of the Mexican renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. Not just as an artist, but as a tragic figure as it follows her painting career, her growing interest in politics and her turbulent relationship with her husband, Diego.

Demonstration of Tongan tapa making by the Kahoa Tauleva Trust at Auckland City Art Gallery, January 1985. Produced by AVRT: Artwork Video Resource Team, a project of the Auckland City Council, The Northern Regional Arts Council, The Labour Department.

Paintings of the female nude are an important part of the tradition of European art. Writer and critic John Berger examines these paintings and asks whether they celebrate women as they really are or only as men would like them to be. Five women discuss his analysis in the light of the way women see themselves today. This is the second episode from a series of four.

Profile of artist Fatu Feu'u. Produced by Justine Simei-Barton as part of a Diploma in Broadcast Communication and Production for the University of Auckland in 1990. Includes interviews with Hamish Keith, art consultant for the Aotea Centre, and Dr Roger Green, Anthropology Department, University of Auckland.

A documentary about the work of New Zealand sculptor Jeff Thomson. A specialist in the use of corrugated iron, Thomson's abstract art is a way of expressing his ideas rather than creating obvious representations of objects.

Flip & Two Twisters is Shirley Horrocks' documentary about New Zealand-born artist Len Lye. Motion maestro Lye's international reputation rests on his work as a filmmaker and kinetic sculptor, and his lively contributions to the London and New York avant-garde. The documentary explores Lye's career and ideas, with the help of historical footage and excerpts from his films. It includes footage of Lye in typically exuberant form outlining his process, introduces many of his kinetic works, and documents how some of his most ambitious plans are being realised in New Zealand.

A documentary about the art of moko through the eyes and work of tohunga ta moko Derek Lardelli. A key figure in the revitalisation of moko, the programme follows Lardelli as he works on John Waipara's puhoro (thigh/buttocks) moko. Three other recipients of moko, Amster Reedy, Piri Sciascia and Barry Soutar speak about their experience.

Item on new wing for Len Lye’s work in Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth. Includes interviews with John Matthews, Len Lye Foundation; Greg Burke, Govett Brewster director; Claire Stewart, New Plymouth mayor; Paul Foos, Art & Tech magazine publisher (Sydney).

This episode draws on ideas from Walter Benjamin's 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', arguing that through reproduction an Old Master's painting's modern context is severed from that which existed at the time of its making.

This episode discusses the female nude. Berger asserts that only twenty or thirty nudes in the European oil painting tradition depict a woman as herself rather than as a subject of male idealisation or desire.

This episode explores the use of oil paint as a means of depicting or reflecting the status of the individuals who commissioned the work of art.

This episode focuses on publicity and advertising. Berger argues that colour photography has taken over the role of oil paint, though the context is reversed. An idealised potential for the viewer (via consumption) is considered a substitution for the actual reality depicted in old master portraits.

Juliet Batten talks to Priscilla Pitts about The Menstrual Maze, a women's collaborative art environment Juliet initiated and facilitated in Auckland, June 1983. The project was supported by the Northern Regional Arts Council. The artists involved were Juliet Batten, Katrina Berntsen, Susan Clark-Mabee, Juliet Cooke, Lidija Cukor, Rose Fidler, Claire Johnstone, Janice Jones, Gill Matthewson, Helen Pollock, and Helen Todd. This video was produced in November 1983.

Duplicate of VL_90174_03. Date possibly incorrect.

Duplicate of VL_90174_02.

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Documentary television programme about Staffordshire ceramic artists Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and Charlotte Rhead. Originally broadcast as four episodes on Channel Four Television in the UK. Describes the career of Charlotte Rhead, who came from a famous family of designers and who perfected the technique of tube-lining. Mary Harper recalls her working days as a painter for Charlotte Rhead. Looks at the work of Clarice Cliff, and highlights the role of the art school system in the potteries with particular reference to the Burslem School of Art, Stoke-on-Trent. A reunion was held for the women who worked with Clarice Cliff, many of whom had not met since their working days in the 1920s and 1930s. Looks at the women who worked for Clarice Cliff, including Peggy Davies who later became famous for her work as a modeller of Royal Doulton figures. Susie Cooper still works as a design consultant for Wedgewood. Many years ago she set up her own factory to produce ware with a fitness for function, in which shape and decoration grew logically from each other. She also adapted and developed new techniques for decoration such as aerographing and graffito.

Interview with artist Claudia Pond Eyley.

Interview with artist Jacqueline Fahey.

Interview with artist Carole Shepheard about her current exhibition at Portfolio Gallery in Auckland.

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Duplicate of VL_90027_01.

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Elizabeth Gunn introduces a magazine-style art show. Billy Apple - a look at the man who makes art about the business of art. Incomplete episode. Footage of Billy Apple's exhibition As Good as Gold: Billy Apple Art Transactions, 1981 - 1991.

Short segment about art deco architecture in Napier.

A discussion about painting and carving in New Zealand, and how these forms of art making have impacted on New Zealand's cultural identity. This film is based on W.L. Renwick's paper 'Emblems of Identity: Painting, Carving and Maori-Pakeha Understanding', which was originally delivered as a keynote lecture to an international educational congress in Adelaide in 1978. It is narrated by actor Grant Tilly, accompanied by the same images used to illustrate Renwick's lecture. An accompanying booklet for the film is available online: https://www.victoria.ac.nz/stout-centre/research-units/towru/publications/Emblems-of-Identity.pdf

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A documentary about Englishman William Morris who was a 19th century artist, designer, poet, novelist, conservationist, revolutionary socialist, and central figure of the arts and crafts movement.

New Zealand arts programme featuring film and exhibition reviews and interviews with local and overseas artists.

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This is the opening episode of this arts series which teamed “expert” Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins with “everyman” (and screenwriter) Nick Ward — and sent them on a road trip in search of artistic talent all around NZ. First stop is Northland which is “teeming with artists” as the pair encounter corrugated iron sculptor Jeff Thomson, potter Richard Parker, the iconic Hundertwasser toilets in Kawakawa, Manos Nathan who fuses traditional Maori design and ceramics, and Zealandia — Terry Stringer’s remarkable and “beautifully coiffeured” sculpture garden, studio and home.

In episode two of The Big Art Trip hosts Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins and Nick Ward discover the art of crochet with sculptor Ani O’Neill and attend CAKE Collective’s roadside poster exhibition where they talk to photographer Deborah Smith. They also visit renowned sculptor Greer Twiss in his studio, talk with young multi-media artist Gerald Phillips about his music videos for band Betchadupa, drop in on painter and political activist Emily Karaka and head to Whangarei to see filmmaker Gregory King and the veteran star of his short film Junk, Rosalie Carey.

Profile of Jackson Pollock; Helmut Newton and Alice Springs exhibition in Copenhagen; 25th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House.

New Zealand arts programme featuring film and exhibition reviews and interviews with local and overseas artists.

Presenter either Wiremu Kerere or Henare Te Ua. To be confirmed.

New Zealand painter Patrick Hanley talks about his early life and how he started to paint. there is a retrospective of his work on at the Dowse Art Gallery in Wellington. Item ends abruptly