Title
Packed Coast, One Million Square Feet, Project for Australia
1969
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1969
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- scale model: fabric, rope, twine, staples, cardboard, wood, plaster, paint, pencil, Perspex
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 122.0 x 82.0 cm weight 23kg
- Signature & date
Signed and dated right edge, black fibre-tipped pen "Christo 69".
- Credit
- John Kaldor Family Collection
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- L2010.27
- Copyright
- © Christo
- Artist information
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About
This is the model for the inaugural Kaldor Public Art Project, 'Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia' 1968-69.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Christo. John Kaldor Art Project, 1990, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 02 Mar 1990–14 Apr 1990
Christo. John Kaldor Art Project, 1990, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Sep 1990–25 Nov 1990
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 12 Dec 1995–17 Mar 1996
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: early works 1958-1969, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 08 Sep 2001–04 Nov 2001
Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 18 Apr 2003–06 Jul 2003
40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Oct 2009–14 Feb 2010
John Kaldor Family Collection Artist Rooms #1 - Christo, Gosford Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gosford, 01 Feb 2013–01 Apr 2013
John Kaldor Family Collection Artist Rooms #1 - Christo, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 04 Jul 2013–25 Aug 2013
John Kaldor Family Collection Artist Rooms #1 - Christo, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 13 Sep 2013–01 Dec 2013
John Kaldor Family Collection Artist Rooms #1 - Christo, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre & Liverpool Regional Museum, Casula, 09 Dec 2013–26 Jan 2014
Landmarks, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, Katoomba, 21 Jan 2017–19 Mar 2017
Landmarks, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, 09 Jun 2017–13 Aug 2017
Landmarks, Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury, 29 Sep 2017–26 Nov 2017
Making art public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Sep 2019–16 Feb 2020
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Bibliography
Referenced in 7 publications
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Nicholas Baume, From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Sydney, 1995, 82.
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Nicholas Baume (Editor), Christo. John Kaldor Art Project, 1990, Sydney, 1990, 138 (colour illus.). cat.no.81
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Anthony Bond OAM (Curator), Landmarks, Katoomba, 2017, 20.
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Sophie Forbat, John Kaldor family collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Christo', pg.62-77, Sydney, 2011, 64, 73 (colour illus.).
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Sophie Forbat (Editor), 40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, 2009, 62 (colour illus.).
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Adam Free, Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Adelaide, 2003, 60.
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Alexander Tolnay, David Bourdon, Lawrence Alloway and Wolfgang Volz, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: early works 1958-1969, Berlin, 2001.
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