A British-Liberian artist is claiming that the whole team behind the “Black Panther” film stole her artwork without her permission.
According to nytimes Artist Lina Iris Viktor says her work appeared in Kendrick Lamar’s “All the Stars” music video, a song from the movie’s soundtrack.
She claims that she had been contacted twice by the film’s creators for permission to feature her artwork in the project, but decided not to participate.
Left, image from the video for “All the Stars”…. right, the painting “Constellation I” by Lina Iris Viktor.
Her lawyer Christopher Robinson sent a letter on Saturday to Kendrick’s mentor and label head, Anthony Tiffith at Top Dawg Entertainment, alleging a copyright violation of the 24-karat gold, patterned artworks in her series of paintings “Constellations”
“The infringement of Ms. Viktor’s rights is willful and egregious,” the letter says, adding that the artist is willing “to discuss a resolution of all her claims, consisting at a minimum of a public apology for the unauthorized use and a license fee.”
Ms. Viktor said, “Why would they do this? It’s an ethical issue, because what the whole film purports is that it’s about black empowerment, African excellence that’s the whole concept of the story. And at the same time they’re stealing from African artists.”
Here’s Her Instagram Page https://www.instagram.com/linairisviktor/
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