{"id":1822,"date":"1991-10-23T16:00:38","date_gmt":"1991-10-23T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2018-10-23T17:16:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:16:04","slug":"interview-with-brian-mckay-in-praxis-m-issue-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/?p=1822","title":{"rendered":"Save the Brian McKay Mural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"seo_h1_tag\" class=\"_5gmx\" data-testid=\"event-permalink-event-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/275135763119688\/\">Central Park Rally &#8211; Save the Brian McKay Mural<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Interview with Brian McKay in Praxis M issue 28<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2018-10-23-090755.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1821 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2018-10-23-090755-723x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2018-10-23-090755-723x1024.jpg 723w, http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2018-10-23-090755-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2018-10-23-090755-768x1087.jpg 768w, http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2018-10-23-090755.jpg 1239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with dismay that we must champion the cause of the protection of artists&#8217; works from incessant developments which highlight a grey area in capitalism vs heritage. The near tennis-court sized artworks by Brian McKay OAM in the Central Park complex in Perth CBD is case in point.<br \/>\nWe echo the words of Janet Holmes a Court, who identifies the threat to this modernist masterpiece to make room for a new coffee shop as &#8216;cultural vandalism&#8217;. We care about the few examples Perth has of close collaboration between artist and architect.<br \/>\nMoving and potentially causing irreparable damage destroys its original concept and denies our responsibility to protect and celebrate culturally significant art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/275135763119688\/?active_tab=about\">Link to rally<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Central Park Rally &#8211; Save the Brian McKay Mural Interview with Brian McKay in Praxis M issue 28 &nbsp; &#8220;It is with dismay that we must champion the cause of the protection of artists&#8217; works from incessant developments which highlight a grey area in capitalism vs heritage. The near tennis-court sized artworks by&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/?p=1822\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/visiblespace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}