Publications – Kaldor Public Art Projects

Anri Sala: The Last Resort catalogue, 2017

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This soft-cover, 44-page catalogue with thread-sewn spine was produced to accompany Kaldor Public Art Project 33: Anri Sala, The Last Resort.

Edited by Genevieve O’Callaghan, the publication features a foreword by John Kaldor and original essays by Peter Szendy and Ross Gibson. The publication also contains conceptual imagery of the “corrupted” musical score, as performed by the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and full-colour photographs of the installation.

Following its widely acclaimed premiere in Sydney, Sala’s The Last Resort has been presented at Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 2018, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2018, and Mudam Luxembourg—Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, in 2020.

20.1 x 19.8cm
Hard cover
44 pages
Published 2017

Jonathan Jones: barrangal dyara (skin and bones) catalogue, 2016

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This catalogue recovers fragments of the lost story of Sydney’s Garden Palace and its intersecting histories through an investigation of ideas around architecture, landscape, collection and display, language and cultural identity. Celebrating the resilience and survival of the world’s oldest living cultures, barrangal dyara (skin and bones) is at the forefront of a long-awaited acknowledgement and renaissance of Indigenous culture and language in Australia.

This beautifully designed publication is richly illustrated throughout, featuring over 100 large-scale historical and contemporary images and illustrations. Edited by Genevieve O’Callaghan, it includes original essays and interviews with leading Aboriginal writers including Bruce Pascoe (winner of two 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards), Jeanine Leane, Hetti Perkins and Uncle Stan Grant Sr AM, alongside Australian academics Ross Gibson, Peter Kohane, Ilaria Vanni Accarigi and Kaldor Public Art Projects curator Emma Pike.

24.7 x 19.5cm
Hard cover
191 pages
Published 2016

Marina Abramović: In Residence catalogue, 2015

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A hardcover, cloth-bound colour publication produced to accompany Marina Abramović: In Residence, the 30th Kaldor Public Art Project. Focusing on the exercises that comprise the project, the catalogue also explores historical and scientific perspectives, from diverse cultures and traditions, that inform our understanding of these simple actions and activities. Essays include David Jaffe on the tradition of the gaze in western art, Hetti Perkins on Abramović’s connection with Australia, and Sophie O’Brien on the artist’s long history of collaboration through residencies and workshops.

24.2 x 19.6cm
Hard cover
109 pages
Published 2015

13 Rooms catalogue, 2013

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Featuring a foreword by John Kaldor, a conversation between Project curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach, along with essays by David Malouf and Nikos Papastergiadis, the catalogue includes texts and full-colour photographs of each of the artists and artworks featured in 13 Rooms, as well as photographs of the performances in Sydney.

28 x 15.2cm
Hard cover
139 pages
Published 2013

Making Art Public: Kaldor Public Art Projects, 1969–2019 publication, 2020

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Beautifully designed and featuring more than 1,000 images, Making Art Public: Kaldor Public Art Projects, 1969–2019 celebrates a milestone anniversary for the world’s oldest public art organisation and includes personal stories from a life in art by the founder and director of Kaldor Public Art Projects, John Kaldor.

Making Art Public features fascinating new interviews by acclaimed international curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, who spoke to 27 of Kaldor Public Art Projects’ past artists. Christo, Gilbert & George, Jeff Koons, Marina Abramović, Mike Parr and Jonathan Jones are among a host of groundbreaking artists who reveal rich and surprising insights about their projects in Australia.

Edited by Genevieve O’Callaghan and Mark Gowing, Making Art Public includes new essays by Nicholas Baume, Nicholas Chambers, Rebecca Coates, Ross Gibson, Ross Rudesch Harley, Michael Landy, David Malouf, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Emily Sullivan.

In a thematic reconsideration of Kaldor Public Art Projects’ archive, O’Callaghan and Gowing trace the visual evolution of artist sketches, photographs, letters and production notes over 50 years. Between a 1969 telegram from Christo, a handwritten letter from Harald Szeemann, a postcard from Richard Long and an email from Marina Abramović, Making Art Public gives intimate access to Kaldor Public Art Projects’ most ambitious projects over half a century.

21.9 x 31.6cm
Hard cover
523 pages
Published 2020