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Don Driver magician [DVD] : a documentary on the controversial art and career of New Zealand's greatest assemblage sculptor and pop artist /

Contributor(s): Publisher: [New Zealand] : Three-To One-Films, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 DVD-video (approx. 67 min.) : colour, black and white ; 12 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Pop artist, assemblage sculptor, Surrealist, Dadaist, Minimalist, colour field painter, installation artist, magician. with his delight in colour and the shapes and textures of found objects, Don Driver forged his place as one of New Zealand's most influential and challenging artists. Always controversial for its shock value and its play with sensitive and disturbing themes, his work only gains in relevance and speaks to us with new meaning as time passes. This documentary film takes us on an inspiring journey through the prolific career of one of New Zealand's greatest artists.
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"Narrated by Elizabeth Smither. Featuring Wystan Curnow, Judy Darragh, Julian Dashper, Christine Hellyar, Tom Kreisler, Michael Smither." -- Cover

Special features: Julian Dashper - The extended interview, Julian in discussion with Bridget Sutherland ; Rob Gardiner - The founder of the Chartwell Collection remembers Don Driver ; Art lesson with Warwick Brown - The art writer and gallery director discusses Driver's 1960s works 'For a Taranaki Day' and 'Own Drum' ; Stuart Page reflects on his 'Squashed Car', part of the govett Brewster's 'New Art/New Artist' exhibition, 1982, and on meeting Don Driver.

Produced with the assistance of Creative New Zealand, Waikato Institute of Technology, Govett-Brewster Gallery.

Pop artist, assemblage sculptor, Surrealist, Dadaist, Minimalist, colour field painter, installation artist, magician. with his delight in colour and the shapes and textures of found objects, Don Driver forged his place as one of New Zealand's most influential and challenging artists. Always controversial for its shock value and its play with sensitive and disturbing themes, his work only gains in relevance and speaks to us with new meaning as time passes. This documentary film takes us on an inspiring journey through the prolific career of one of New Zealand's greatest artists.

DVD vides, PAL, Dolby Digital.

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