20 Sep 2022

Artist Tāme Iti gets his paintbrush out to correct his name on someone else's painting

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 20 September 2022

Artist Tāme Iti has taken it upon himself to correct his name used in an art piece on display at a Wellington hotel.

The painting depicts Mr Iti holding a gun and a skull in front of an Australian flag* on the ground by Dean Proudfoot is named 'Tama Performs in a New Zealand Landscape'.

In a video - Tāme Iti - goes into the hotel, crosses out Tama in red paint and rewrites his name correctly... 'T-ā-m-e' in white paint just above.

Māni Dunlop has more.


*note, an earlier version of this story incorrectly said this was a New Zealand flag