The letter said as a result, the opera community felt that the artform it loved had not been treated with respect. "This has resulted in the implementation of an artistic programme with crucial problems, for instance, one in which the core repertoire is not being sustained, and a situation where opera performance has limited regional expansion." "They include failures of board and company leadership, structural staffing imbalances, and the adherence to a funding model that has led to fiscal misdirection and inequities in distribution of available funds. The letter went on to detail other problems that needed addressing.
"Since their resignations, there has been an upswelling of concern from sponsors, opera audiences and professionals within the sector, widely reported in the media." " were alarmed that since 2019 the generous investment of almost $9 million funded mainly through Creative New Zealand, had not been deployed in a manner resulting in the flourishing of opera in New Zealand. The letter raised concerns about how the funding from Creative NZ was being spent. In May, Witi Ihimaera, Murray Shaw and Rachael Walkinton resigned from the board of NZ Opera citing concern over the artistic direction the company was heading in, and what they described as a "lack of thought and responsibility toward those who love opera".Įarlier this month the three former board members, along with a host of others, wrote to the Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni asking for support to commission a review that would look at the structure, funding and governance of the national opera company. We hope you will find much beauty and pleasure in this solo exhibition, which presents an artist at the forefront of Contemporary Korean Art.Former NZ Opera board member Witi Ihimaera is calling for a review to go wider than just the New Zealand Opera company.
#Treasured arts Patch#
We take pride in bringing a small patch of nature in the middle of the Dubai International Financial Center, a decisively urban environment. While the idea of having a garden in the desert might be counter-intuitive, Opera Gallery Dubai is pleased to bring this concept to life, taking its collectors throughout a beautiful garden enhanced by various scents. Abstraction is indeed the best way for the artist to convey the fullness, the “pure beauty, which puts the viewer in a pure state of contemplation and reminiscence”. The artist takes you on a meditative journey, in which she brings to life what permeated her childhood, the notion of pure, spiritual beauty found in nature, especially the one she grew up with.
Her father always taught her to care for and cherish the trees, and her mother let her paint the garden flowers that inspired her on their walls. My Treasured Garden is an evocation of her most cherished memory, this garden. This painstaking work is a curative and cathartic process, where the material meets an ideal, that of her childhood garden. The painstaking collage process transports the artist to her intensely joyful childhood, a reference to happy child memories and playing in her father’s garden. Her works, whether monochrome or multicoloured, strive for pure beauty and harmony. Opera Gallery Dubai is delighted to present the very first solo show of Cho Sung-Hee in the region, titled My Treasured Garden.īorn in South Korea, Cho Sung-Hee is an artist who explores the complex relationship between colour and texture through a long and painstaking process.
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