Monday, April 05, 2004
Art and Politics have collided
Why Gerry Brownlee is providing self confessed (as soon as he himself actually says it) wanker, Tame Iti, a great deal of free publicity for his up coming exhibition opening is a mystery to me - but good on him for fronting.
National Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee says he has not been put off opening an art exhibition by Maori activist Tame Iti which has been billed as "Meet the Prick".Apparently, according to Mr Iti, if you believe in the laws of this country, you too are a 'prick' - nice.
Iti, a Tuhoe artist, said the billing was not necessarily referring to Mr Brownlee.
"When I'm talking about 'the prick'. . .it's really about the system, the Crown, who is the system," he told National Radio.
