Comments on: listening to the voice of the people… http://artwranglers.com.au/listening-to-the-voice-of-the-people/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: najib http://artwranglers.com.au/listening-to-the-voice-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-4706 najib Sun, 03 May 2009 03:50:55 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=2618#comment-4706 "It’s the wrong time to be spending $1m on a single work of art, says Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, invoking the global financial meltdown." <--- such a stereotype excuse for people with stereotype mentality for Art. He should see that in Malaysia artists are struggling against the contractors (builder is what the term use in Australia) fighting for public art project - there's always a budget but often fall into the wrong hand of contractors and just imagine 'public art by contractors'! “It’s the wrong time to be spending $1m on a single work of art, says Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, invoking the global financial meltdown.” <— such a stereotype excuse for people with stereotype mentality for Art.
He should see that in Malaysia artists are struggling against the contractors (builder is what the term use in Australia) fighting for public art project – there’s always a budget but often fall into the wrong hand of contractors and just imagine ‘public art by contractors’!

]]> By: Charlie http://artwranglers.com.au/listening-to-the-voice-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 Charlie Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:43:43 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=2618#comment-4688 What a sad story! As a parallel, Melbourne city council has also pulled the guts out of its public art budget, citing the global financial crisis. What a sad story!

As a parallel, Melbourne city council has also pulled the guts out of its public art budget, citing the global financial crisis.

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