Hotspur banners
Gretchen Albrecht, Artist
This is one of the
paintings
in our collection.
It was made in 1980. The place where it was made is unknown.
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About the Work
These
banners
were
made
for
a
chamber
opera
for
the
New
Zealand
High
Commission
in
London.
The
Chamber
Opera
is
called
Hotspur
and
was
composed
by
Gillian
Whitehead
in
1980.
It
is
35
minutes
long
and
includes
soprano,
2
clarinets,
violin/viola,
cello,
and
percussion.
The
text
was
by
Fleur
Adcock.
Whitehead
wrote
the
opera
while
she
was
composer-in-residence
for
Northern
Arts
(UK).
It
was
commissioned
by
Gemini
with
funding
from
the
British
Council.
It
was
first
performed
with
conductor
Peter
Wiegold,
with
soprano
Margaret
Field
in
Darlington,
UK,
and
recorded
in
1999.
Measurements
Installed 3000 x 5700mm
Media
acrylic on canvas
Description
5 banners of vertical bands of colour, the left is red/orange, the centre two form a large black disc, then there is a vertical band of blue, and another of green and greys.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington, 2004.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
2004
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Accession Number:
2004/28/1