Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 27, 2020 3:47:41 GMT 12
NELSON ARTIST THREATENED AND CRITICISED FOR EXERCISING 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' WITH NON-MĀORI MOKO PAINTING
A Nelson artist has received verbal threats and online comments about setting her gallery on fire over a painting depicting non-Maori women with moko.
Nikki Romney said the painting, Taking Tikanga to the World, shows a globally diverse group of young women wearing non-traditional moko against the backdrop of a famous portrait by Charles Goldie.
Romney has been slammed on social media for the "disrespectful" work and said yesterday a man came into her gallery accusing her of being a "f****** racist Pākehā" and threatened to bring her gallery down......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12334335
More on the above > She says Romney is lucky her Nelson gallery is a long way from the centres of Māori activism, or her paintings could provoke a more direct response....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjQ1OTI/Apology-hollow-from-%27arrogant%27-artist
A Nelson artist has received verbal threats and online comments about setting her gallery on fire over a painting depicting non-Maori women with moko.
Nikki Romney said the painting, Taking Tikanga to the World, shows a globally diverse group of young women wearing non-traditional moko against the backdrop of a famous portrait by Charles Goldie.
Romney has been slammed on social media for the "disrespectful" work and said yesterday a man came into her gallery accusing her of being a "f****** racist Pākehā" and threatened to bring her gallery down......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12334335
More on the above > She says Romney is lucky her Nelson gallery is a long way from the centres of Māori activism, or her paintings could provoke a more direct response....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjQ1OTI/Apology-hollow-from-%27arrogant%27-artist