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FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK Around July, 2008, Mini Graff discovered one of her mural concepts she had presented. She had shown them concept drawings and they had taken her work from the backend of her website. She had provided them to a client in confidence. Little did she know there was a giant capitalist chicken lurking!! The chicken took the design and created a mural that looked exactly like Mini's work. Mini was flabagasted! "What the duck?!!" she exclaimed THE FINAL STRAW It was Christmas 2008. The chicken struck Mini down with one final blow. Taking a charcter from her mural, enlarging it and applying Lil' Flynn to the wall of a hotel. Imagine Mini's surprise when at Christmas she saw her Lil' Flynn had been kidnapped. Lil' Flynn was taken from a paid for installation Mural at his dad's cafe, and rudely installed on the wall of a hotel. The final blow in a bad year. "What the duck is going on?!!" Friends said "thats not fair", family said " where's your pay cheque?", Lawyers said "you have a case". Mini instructed specialist IP lawyers. Knowing letters from American lawyers wielded the biggest clout, Mini paid American lawyers fees to pursue her cause. But alas, the fashion house also has lawyers. The fashion house pleded ignorance, the fashion house blamed people in India... Mini retreated. Mini fights back! "What The Duck?!!" |
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| Stolen Series (t-shirt), silk screen on organic cotton Limited Edition / hand printed in artist studio |
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Stolen Series (t-shirt), silk screen on organic cotton Limited Edition / hand printed in artist studio |
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What The Duck Poster, silk screen, stamp on paper. Framed print. |
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Stolen Series (Concept) Stamp print (oil) on paper, 185x340mm Edition of 200 |
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Stolen Series (A Long Tale) Stamp print (oil) on paper, 185x340mm Edition of 200 |
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Stolen Series (Flynn) Stamp print (oil) on paper 185x340mm Edition of 200 |
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| What The Duck?!! April 2009 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Solo show, Sydney, Australia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'These works are a response to the unauthorised reproduction of my artworks for profit. Most notably by the giant Giccee (pronounced gee-see-see).' - Mini Graff THE BEGINNING In early 2008 Mini Graff discovered a large, international fashion house had taken one of her designs and applied to a series of dresses. These Mini Graff print dresses were selling for more than USD$300 each. Mini Graff never saw one dollar of the fashion house's money. They had simply cut and pasted from Mini Graff's website. These dresses were first spotted on the popular online store Net-a-Porter. Soon after, the print was spotted by Nicola O'Brien in Barneys of Beverly Hills, USA. "What the duck?!!", exclaimed Mini Graff. |
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