Indigenous rights activists from Disrupt Burrup Hub vandalise Fredrick ... trends now
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Indigenous rights activists tried to vandalised an iconic Australian painting to protest the chemical damage a major corporation is inflicting on Indigenous rock art.
Ceramic artist Joana Partyk and Ballardong Noongar man Desmond Blurton sprayed a Woodside logo onto Fredrick McCubbin's painting Down on His Luck at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth on Thursday.
A cameraman filmed as Partyk painted the logo over the famous piece while Blurton laid an Indigenous flag on the ground in front of them.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia told Daily Mail Australia the painting was covered by a piece of perspex and was not damaged in the protest.
Ceramic artist Joana Partyk and Ballardong Noongar man Desmond Blurton sprayed a Woodside logo onto the painting Down on His Luck (above) on Thursday
'As I stand here today, an artwork that is sacred to our people is being destroyed,' Blurton said while Partyk glued her hand to the gallery wall.
'Woodside is
