Our country's unique blending of artistic traditions

Our country's unique blending of artistic traditions

Although the author Bill Manhire observed that “Ralph Hotere’s larger, public works are often full of urgency and anger and political grunt", the artist had many other styles: abstract and black, Maori motifs, Roman Catholic iconography and line drawings, to mention a few.

This week's guest In Conversation with Noel Cheer on Face Television is well equipped to discuss the works of the late Ralph Hotere. Jonathan Mane-Wheoki is Professor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. Last year he was given the Pou Aronui Award for "outstanding contribution to the development of the humanities in Aotearoa-New Zealand" by the Royal Society of New Zealand.

"In Conversation with Noel Cheer", Face Television, Monday May 6th at 7:00pm, repeated on Tuesday May 7th at 12 noon.

Face Television, the home of public broadcasting, is found on Sky Television Channel 83 (this is a recent change) and can also be received in the Auckland region on UHF Channels 41, 42 and 52. It is also live-streamed on www.ecasttv.co.nz. The website www.facetv.co.nz carries programme schedules. Some recent episodes of In Conversation can be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/NoelCheer

"In Conversation with Noel Cheer" receives funding from New Zealand on Air. This has enabled us to introduce viewers to over 250 New Zealanders on Air (as well as visitors to New Zealand) during more than six years of unbroken weekly public-interest broadcasting.

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