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A-Z of Aotearoa: C is Colin McCahon
A-Z of Aotearoa: C is Colin McCahon
Time for A-Z of Aotearoa ... our chance to talk about the people, places and things that are iconic to New Zealand .. today we are on C for .... Colin McCahon. Colin is regarded by many one of the country's most well known and influential artists ... a man who helped New Zealand art find its voice .. but not without controversy. So who was Colin? And how did his work change the way New Zealanders saw ourselves? We'll hear from Maori curator and writer Matariki Williams about his complicated relationship with the Tuhoe people soon, but first Jesse is joined by art historian and author of five books about Colin McCahon - Peter Simpson.