For Art's Sake - Grahame Sydney

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For Art's Sake - Grahame Sydney

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In the early 1970s Grahame Sydney spent time in Europe, but was plagued by a feeling of "terrible homesickness". He returned to New Zealand in 1974 and immersed himself in the sparse, majestic mountain ranges and plains of Central Otago, producing a body of work that is highly desired. In this profile Sydney — an "unavoidable regionalist painter" — talks about his artistic process and being inspired by writers like Janet Frame, Frank Sargeson and Owen Marshall. Cinematographer Barrington West...

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1996

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/for-arts-sake-grahame-sydney-1996

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