Kaldor Public Art Projects
| Named after | AO |
|---|---|
General Manager | Bettina Kaldor |
| Liz Cacciottolo, Craig Holland, Bettina Kaldor, John Kaldor, Mark Nelson, Damian Roche, Michael Snelling | |
Staff (2019) | 14 |
| Website | kaldorartprojects |
Kaldor Public Art Projects is an Australian non-profit arts organisation established in 1969 by
Kaldor's first project, in 1969, was
Kaldor Public Art Projects has been listed on the register of charitable organisations since 2004, and also contributes to the development of Australia's cultural life through education programs for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, and the general public.
Project history
1969 to 1979
John Kaldor's first public work was a commission by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who were invited to Sydney and Melbourne in 1969 and created Wrapped Coast at Little Bay,[1] alongside Drawings and Collages, exhibited at Central Street Gallery; and Wool Works, at the National Gallery of Victoria.[2]
A 1971 project curated by Harald Szeemann involved 23 artists including Aleks Danko, Dale Hickey, Mike Parr, William Pidgeon and Brett Whiteley. The project was exhibited in Sydney at the Bonython Gallery, and in Melbourne at the National Gallery of Victoria.[3]
Exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne in 1973 of Gilbert & George included the live performance work The Singing Sculpture, and charcoal on paper works The Shrubberies Number 1 and The Shrubberies Number 2, in Sydney at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; and in Melbourne at the National Gallery of Victoria.[4] Also in 1973 were exhibitions by Miralda: Coloured Feast at the John Kaldor Fabricmaker showrooms, Sydney; and Coloured Bread at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
During 1976, artists
1977 saw Sol LeWitt's work exhibited in Sydney, All two part combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight, not-straight & broken lines in four directions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; in Melbourne the work Lines to points on a grid. On yellow: Lines from the center of the wall. On red: Lines from four sides. On blue: Lines from four corners. On black: Lines from four sides, four corners and the centre of the wall during March and April at the National Gallery of Victoria;[5] in Broken Hill and of the sculptural works of Richard Long devised in Broken Hill entitled A straight hundred mile walk in Australia and A line in Australia during December; in Melbourne, entitled Bushwood Circle at the National Gallery of Victoria; and in Sydney, entitled Stone Line, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[6]
1981 to 2000
A 1984 global exhibition called An Australian Accent featured Australian artists
Christo and Jeanne-Claude returned to Australia in 1990, exhibiting in Sydney with Wrapped Vestibule and Christo at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and in
Jeff Koons was invited to Sydney to display his 1992 Puppy exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.[10][11]
Sol LeWitt returned to Australia in 1998 with an exhibition entitled Wall Pieces at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.[12]
In 1999 Vanessa Beecroft's VB40 was exhibited in early August, also at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.[13]
2001 to 2010
Ugo Rondinone presented an exhibition entitled Our Magic Hour at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; and in Melbourne, Clockwork for Oracle at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.[14] The same year Barry McGee was exhibited at the Metropolitan Meat Market, Melbourne with an exhibition entitled The stars were aligned… and at the National Gallery of Victoria with the Water Wall Mural.[15]
In 2007, an
A 2008 exhibition by Bill Viola and entitled Fire Woman and Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) was held at St Saviour's Church, Redfern.[19] The same year, Martin Boyce exhibited We Are Shipwrecked and Landlocked at the Old Melbourne Gaol.[20]
A Tatzu Nishi exhibition entitled War and Peace and In Between was held on Art Gallery Road adjacent to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[21][22]
2011 to present
In 2011, a
A 2012 exhibition by
An exhibition curated by
In 2014, to mark the 45th anniversary of Kaldor Public Art Projects, an open invitation was extended to Australian artists to share Your very good idea, which would be subject to review by a panel before a winner was chosen. Sydney-based Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones was selected and, in 2016, he exhibited a large-scale installation entitled barrangal dyara (skin and bones), an historical relational work that recalled the Garden Palace in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
In 2015, exhibitions were by Marina Abramović and Xavier Le Roy.
In 2019, Kaldor Public Art Projects celebrated its 50th anniversary with an exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, curated by Michael Landy. Artists commissioned for the exhibition were Alicia Frankovich, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Ian Milliss, and Imants Tillers. In 2020, interviews with artists commissioned for past Kaldor exhibitions, conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist, were printed in a publication titled Making Art Public, Kaldor Public Art Projects, 1969–2019.
References
- ^ Christo; Shunk-Kender (1969). Christo: Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feat. Minneapolis: Contemporary Art Lithographers.
- ^ Christo: Wool Works (exhibition catalogue). Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. 1969.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Szeemann, Harald (1971). I want to leave a nice well-done child here (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: John Kaldor Art Projects.
- ^ Gilbert & George (1973). George and Gilbert, the living sculptures, London (catalogue for their 1973 Australian visit, artists book). Sydney: John Kaldor Art Projects.
- ^ LeWitt, Sol (1977). Wall drawings (artists book). Sydney: John Kaldor Art Projects.
- ^ Long, Richard (1978). A straight hundred mile walk in Australia: a walk along a line, returning to the same campsite each night (artists book). Sydney: John Kaldor Art Projects.
- ^ Thomas, Daniel, ed. (1984). An Australian Accent. Three artists: Mike Parr, Imants Tillers, Ken Unsworth (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: John Kaldor Art Projects.
- ^ Baume, Nicholas, ed. (1990). Christo: John Kaldor Art Project (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW.
- ^ Christo: John Kaldor Art Project (education brochure). Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW. 1990.
- ^ Baume, Nicholas (1995). From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor Art Projects & Collection (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
- ^ Baume, Nicholas (1995). Jeff Koons: John Kaldor Art Project (exhibition brochure). Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
- ^ Journey to Now: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: John Kaldor Public Art Projects. 2003.
- ^ VB:40 Vanessa Beecroft (exhibition brochure). Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. 1999.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Engberg, Julianna (2004). Ugo Rondinone: clockwork for oracle (exhibition catalogue). Melbourne: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
- ^ Gellatly, Kelly (2004). Barry McGee (exhibition catalogue). Melbourne: Kaldor Public Art Projects.
- ^ Free, Adam (2007). Urs Fischer (exhibition catalogue). Sydney: Kaldor Art Projects.
- ^ Urs Fischer (exhibition brochure). Sydney: Kaldor Public Art Projects. 2007.
- ^ Gregor Schneider (exhibition brochure). Sydney: Kaldor Art Projects. 2008.
- ^ a b The Tristan Project (exhibition brochure). Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales. 2008.
- ^ Martin Boyce (exhibition brochure). Melbourne: Kaldor Public Art Projects. 2008.
- ^ Tatzu Nishi: war and peace and in between (exhibition brochure). Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW. 2009.
- ^ Forbat, Sophie, ed. (2009). 40 Years: Kaldor Public Art Projects. Kaldor Public Art Projects.