Kaumātua disgusted at gallery's efforts to show colonial painting, citing racismSUPPLIED/TE PAPA William Strutt's View of Mt Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, has been slammed as "racist" for it's depiction of Maori. The prominent oil painting, View of Mt Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, taken from New Plymouth, with Maoris (sic) driving off settlers' cattle, was painted in 1861 by Englishman, William Strutt. ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Kaumātua Peter Moeahu said the painting denigrates Māori and expected the gallery not to exhibit it. Taranaki kaumātua Peter Moeahu is against the painting being exhibited and had an expectation the gallery would take his opinion seriously. "By exhibiting this painting the Govett Brewster Art Gallery perpetuates colonialist's propaganda that encouraged state sponsored racism against Māori," he said.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2018 06:22 UTC