The installation of Jonathan
Jones' barrangal dyara (skin and bones) is nearing completion on site at The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
As we eagerly await the work's completion, we take a look back at the almost equally rapid, hugely ambitious process of building the Garden Palace over seven months in 1879.
Image 1, 2 & 3: State Library of New South Wales Construction of the Garden Palace, Sydney International Exhibition building, 1879
Image 4: State Records NSW. Building works, The Garden Palace.
All barrangal dyara (skin and bones) installation shots by Peter Greig.
When Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 2.5 kilometres of Sydney’s coastline
with one million square feet of fabric, not only was it the largest artwork at that time in the world, but it was the first time an international artist
had create a major public artwork in Australia.
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