Carolina Izzo: Art Restoration
Category: Interview
| Title | Carolina Izzo: Art Restoration |
|---|---|
| Interviewee | Carolina Izzo |
| Producer | Upbeat, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Radio interview |
| Geographic reference | Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland |
| Online resource | YES |
| Topic | Restoration, Italiani in Nuova Zelanda, Art, Arte, Recent immigrants |
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Radio interview with Italian born, New Zealand based, conservator Carolina Izzo. Izzo moved to New Zealand in 2001, with her three children and Kiwi architect husband Alistair Scott, she worked in Wellington for Te Papa Tongarewa for 6-7 years before moving to Auckland in 2008 and opening her own Studio. In the interview she talks about the restoration of the Isaac Theatre Royal in post-earthquake Christchurch, which took two years. An article on the Christchurch Art Gallery website, entitled Street urchins, blue moons and rare visions, also talk about this major project. Among other works Izzo also restored Jim Allen's mahogany Christ figure, which had been stolen from the Futuna Chapel in Wellington and returned in 2013. In the article Restoration art: Futuna's Christ (The Dominion Post, 2013) Izzo talks about this challenging restoration, and also about her life and work in New Zealand.
