Making art public

About this book

Making Art Public: Kaldor Public Art Projects, 1969-2019 is published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Kaldor Public Art Projects and accompanies an exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Drawing on the extensive Kaldor Public Art Projects Archive, this comprehensive publication reveals never before seen material to chart the trajectory of each of the thirty-five projects from inception to realisation. Making Art Public shows the reader the many elements involved in bringing complex public art projects to life, from artist's drawings and sketches, to research documentation, plans and correspondence. Making Art Public features a collection of essays by leading Australian and international writers: Nicholas Baume, Director and Chief Curator of Public Art Fund, New York; Nicholas Chambers, Curator of Modern and Contemporary International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, Australia; Ross Gibson, Centenary Professor for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra; Ross Harley, Dean, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney; Emily Sullivan, Curator, Kaldor Public Art Projects; and Australian author David Malouf. Central to the publication is a series of interviews with the Kaldor project artists by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London. These conversations provide unparalleled insight into a variety of artistic approaches and responses over several generations. The book also celebrates Making Art Public, the 35th Kaldor Public Art Project and Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibition curated by acclaimed British artist Michael Landy. The exhibition is both an archival representation and artistic response to the history of the Kaldor projects, and the book documents the exhibition, its public programs and new commissions with Australian contemporary artists.