Audio and video about New Zealand painter Rita Angus
The life, work, and relationships of Rita Angus.
Curator Sarah Farrar on Rita Angus’ Rutu
Rita Angus in writing
Jill Trevelyan, author of Rita Angus: An artist’s life, discusses the remarkable life of Rita Angus.
Also involved are Philip Norman, Montana Award winning biographer of Douglas Lilburn, and Gordon Ogilvie, writer of the acclaimed Denis Glover: his life, in a discussion chaired by Lydia Wevers.
In the 1960s, the destiny of modern art in New Zealand art appeared to rest with Colin McCahon, Toss Woollaston, and Rita Angus. Professor Wystan Curnow re-examines that view from the perspective of the present.