When a whole wall is being used as a canvas, it’s different – you don’t touch it. “Most people have enough respect to leave street art alone and won’t tag over it. Readett says his art will dissuade vandalism because “street rules” prevail. The studio is located on Gibson Street in Bowden, in the City of Charles Sturt, which financed a portion of the Praxis mural in a bid to deter property damage. “Praxis has been here for a while now and they’ve just gotten this building and refurbished the inside and we wanted to freshen up outside, but we also jumped on the opportunity because the wall was always getting graffed ,” he adds, pointing to a bright yellow swathe of graffiti on the wall next to him. “Praxis gallery, being named after the Greek term for idea generation, wanted to demonstrate what was going on inside the art studio, which is idea generation, and reflect it on the outside, too,” says Readett, one of eight artists based there. ![]() It is encompassed in the name of Bowden’s Praxis ARTSPACE – a warehouse converted into a gallery and studios – and has also inspired Thomas Readett’s painting of Plato on the space’s façade. “Praxis” is a term for the process of a theory or idea being realised or exercised. Thomas Readett on the first day of his Praxis mural project.
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