The Thousands

The very first and possibly most memorable Kaldor Public Art Project was Wrapped Coast by Christo & Jean Claude in 1969 – one million square feet of our coast covered in synthetic fabric, transforming our familiar landscape into a temporary work of art. Since then, Kaldor has brought us Sol LeWitt, Jeff Koons, Urs Fischer, Barry McGee and many other minds, and The Kaldor Public Art Project continues to highlight the uniqueness of our landscapes, our monuments and our climate.**The newest Kaldor Project, War and peace and in between, by Tatzu Nishi, coincides with this exhibition, and will put the AGNSW monuments into a domestic setting, literally. No, the monuments are not being moved, rather, a room is built around them.

Kaldor has given us a lifelong education in contemporary art, always changing our perceptions of what is possible. To me, there is still a giant flower puppy at the MCA and 40 years later, the coast is still wrapped in fabric.