Sydney Strip Clubs: The fine art of provocation
June 28, 2010
Another day, another offence to Aboriginal culture. Sunday saw news of a French stripper, Alizee Sery, who recently got her kit off on top of Uluru. Not to be outdone, a Croatian-born Blue Mountains artist, Vesna Tenodi, went on Radio National’s Law Report to defend her highly controversial series of Wanjina artworks. Tenodi, who runs the ModroGorje Gallery and Wellness Centre in Katoomba, ran into trouble in March when she unveiled Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone, an 8.5-tonne sculpture in the heart of town. The sculpture incensed Aborigines with its representation of Wanjina, a sacred creation ancestor of the Kimberley people in Western Australia. Tenodi received death threats at the time; now she has been asked by Blue Mountains City Council to lodge a development application for the statue. ”It’s ridiculous,” she says. ”As I point out on radio, prehistoric imagery belongs to the world. Any group claiming ownership is a ludicrous proposition. We have to make this clear, otherwise we will all be held hostage by this Aboriginal nonsense.”
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