Lot 57

The pigment print is in very good condition with no faults to report. Housed in a dark timber frame measuring 73 x 73cm


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Private collection, Melbourne

The Australian Federal Government recently considered changes to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. This proposal received much media attention and stirred debate across all levels of Australian society about the implications of racism and the right to free speech. The Government's proposed changes includes the repeal of Section 18C of the Act, which currently states the following:

(1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:

(a) the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and

(b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group.

#18C is a new work made by Chocka in response to the situation, and to the comment made by Attorney-General George Brandis in parliament that "People do have a right to be bigots".

(The Artist)