Aboriginal Carpet Case

Of aboriginal artworks produced by the australian national gallery and a calendar produced by the australian informa tion service.

Aboriginal carpet case.

Lead by respected aboriginal artist chris edwards simon robinson director of the rug collection and wirriimbi designs hosted a hands on cultural exchange craft workshop which inspired the imagination and creativity of aboriginal youth and their families to convey their important cultural stories through the non written language of visual. When staff at niaaa saw the carpets they identified them as copying the original works of several well known aboriginal artists. The carpets case a landmark in the legal protection of aboriginal art occurred in 1994. In both publications the.

In 1993 wandjuk s sister banduk marika was involved in one of the most successful cases regarding indigenous copyright in australia. The salesperson was interested in knowing whether the aboriginal carpets for sale in the store were authentic. Ken wyatt calls for law change to protect aboriginal artists from carpetbaggers this article is more than 7 months old we do have to protect a unique art style minister for indigenous. It involved an australian company which had reproduced woollen carpets with the unauthorised artwork of eight aboriginal artists including a yalangbara based print by banduk marika djanda and the sacred waterhole.