Pratt paints over government art
‘The mural destroyed by ACT Liberal MP Steve Pratt was paid for under a government program to promote legal street art and was effective in discouraging vandalism.
The artwork was funded under an urban planning scheme and commissioned by a local sporting group, said Chris Kon of the Department of Territory and Municipal Services.
Legal artworks like the one Mr Pratt painted over as part of a publicity stunt to promote his anti-vandalism policies were “very successful” at discouraging illegal graffiti, said Mr Kon. [..]
“It’ll cost some money for (the artist) to re-do it again.” [..]
State Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said the matter would be referred to the police for investigation.’
April 18th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Hooray! Disc golf is in the news. Oh, and the graffiti stuff. But I was mainly interested in the disc golf aspect.
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
You’re always playing some crazy sport or other. 🙂