Aboriginal Carpet Case

The salesperson was interested in knowing whether the aboriginal carpets for sale in the store were authentic.

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. 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. The carpets case a landmark in the legal protection of aboriginal art occurred in 1994. After a 14 day trial three aboriginal artists and the estates of five other deceased aboriginal artists were awarded damages totalling 188 640 for infringements of their copyright.

Of aboriginal artworks produced by the australian national gallery and a calendar produced by the australian informa tion service. In both publications the. 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. The artists were all very prominent.