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Welcome to Artpeak`s Library where
the focus is on ART and ISSUES
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For
people who followed the Court Case to prevent the sabotage of Clifford Possum
Tjapaltjarri`s will : know that the judge did not rule against Clifford
Possum's right to be buried at Larumba (Napperby), as was reported by
some news papers, for the judge did not even hear the evidence showing the
artist`s affiliation to this area, because the case ended up on being focused
on who had the last word in relation to `the body`. Under Australian Law it
turned out to be the executor of Clifford Possum's will, so the judge's hands
were tied and so he was forced to
leave the final decision up to the artist`s executor: a public trustee, who
too readily put his trust in the people, who attacked the artist`s burial
wishes. Wishes that were based on REAL Aboriginal Anmatyerre Law and
knowledge, which the artist lived by. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was an
Australian citizen, who played a major role in giving Aboriginal artists
across this Nation a means of making an income and gaining self worth and
reconnecting to their culture where culture was lost. At the time of the
artist`s death in 2002 the Aboriginal Art industry was generating an enormous
amount of money for Australia, yet this hard working creative tribesman was
denied his right to be buried next to his wife and son in country that he
called home, as he requested in his legal will. This is sickening and all
Australians should be outraged by this terrible event in Australia`s History.
There is nothing but shame in this; it is a disgrace to this country and will
remain so until this artist is taken home. People should ask why did the
artist`s own family sabotage Clifford Possum's will and what interest and role
did Colin McKinnon (Aboriginal art dealer) have in this? Who is Colin McKinnon?
All material on this site is protected by Australian and
international copyright and other intellectual property laws. Users may not
do anything which interferes with or breaches those laws or the intellectual
property rights in the material. Where there is a wish to use expression:
permission is granted on the basis that the source is acknowledged, this
permission extends to the non-reproduction use of the art of Milanka J
Sullivan, but does not include imagery belonging to Aboriginal
Artists, which remains the sole property of the artist or artist`s estate.
If unclear seek clarity.
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