Art and Journalism - Introducing EXTRA!EXTRA!
An introduction to my contributions to EXTRA!EXTRA! newspaper, which was part of the Art Gallery NSW exhibition, Making Art Public'.
Wendy Bacon Journalist, activist
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An introduction to my contributions to EXTRA!EXTRA! newspaper, which was part of the Art Gallery NSW exhibition, Making Art Public'.
After visiting the site of the first Green Ban, Kelly's Bush, I wondered if it might be time for some new public art in that location.
Art historians have viewed Wrapped Coast as groundbreaking. But how was it viewed by the media and art critics in the year it was created?
John Kaldor's first public art project was Wrapped Coast Little Bay in 1969. In this piece, I reflect on the social context of those times.