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The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection and also presents a programme of New Zealand and international exhibitions. It is funded by Christchurch City Council.
Europeans began producing art in New Zealand as soon as they arrived, with many exploration ships including an artist to record newly discovered places, people, flora and fauna. The first European work of art made in New Zealand was a drawing by Isaac Gilsemans, the artist on Abel Tasman's expedition of 1642. [16] [17]
She has methodically created an entire analogous world through drawings using pen, graphite, coloured pencil, crayon and ink. [ 5 ] In the middle-to-late 1970s, King produced intricate, hypnotic dreamscapes that powerfully blend animals, humans and inanimate objects into networked tapestries.
The New Zealand School of Māori Arts and Crafts (Te Ao Marama) was founded in 1926 by Āpirana Ngata, [2] then the Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori which included Rotorua. The school focused on teaching traditional Māori arts and crafts. Ngata believed that arts was vital to the rejuvenation of Māori culture.
Ronnie van Hout (born 1962), New Zealand artist; Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959) – painter, sculptor; Erica van Zon (born 1979) – ceramicist; Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s) – hair designer, make-up artist; Kathleen Vane (1891–1965) – painter
The Takiroa Historic Area features several Māori drawings made from ochre, bird fat, and charcoal. [2] [3] The subject matter present in the shelter is variable. Some drawings have been interpreted as people and animals, such as birds. [4] Depictions of European settlers are also apparent, which feature the likes of horses and ships. [4]
New Zealand design is a product both of indigenous Māori culture and of European (Pākehā) traditions and practices. The concept of design applies [ citation needed ] to Māori kaupapa (fundamental principles) as well as to other cultural spheres.
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa [8] is the governing board of Creative New Zealand. In the 2015 report the Council consisted of 13 members. Creative New Zealand is a crown entity and works within a legislative framework formed by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014 [9] and the Crown Entities Act 2004.