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    The John Kaldor Family Collection was donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and is worth $35 million. It comprises over 250 contemporary art pieces collected by John Kaldor based on his passion for contemporary art rather than institutional requirements. Architect Andrew Anderson designed new underground galleries to house the collection, accessed by an extended main stairway opening onto a commissioned artwork. The galleries featuring the Kaldor Collection have a generous, industrial feel and allow the artworks to speak for themselves through varied lighting and sightlines between pieces. The collection includes minimalist and conceptual works by Sol LeWitt and other artists that helped establish those movements as dominant in the post-war era.

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    The John Kaldor Family Collection was donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and is worth $35 million. It comprises over 250 contemporary art pieces collected by John Kaldor based on his passion for contemporary art rather than institutional requirements. Architect Andrew Anderson designed new underground galleries to house the collection, accessed by an extended main stairway opening onto a commissioned artwork. The galleries featuring the Kaldor Collection have a generous, industrial feel and allow the artworks to speak for themselves through varied lighting and sightlines between pieces. The collection includes minimalist and conceptual works by Sol LeWitt and other artists that helped establish those movements as dominant in the post-war era.

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    The John Kaldor Family Collection was donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and is worth $35 million. It comprises over 250 contemporary art pieces collected by John Kaldor based on his passion for contemporary art rather than institutional requirements. Architect Andrew Anderson designed new underground galleries to house the collection, accessed by an extended main stairway opening onto a commissioned artwork. The galleries featuring the Kaldor Collection have a generous, industrial feel and allow the artworks to speak for themselves through varied lighting and sightlines between pieces. The collection includes minimalist and conceptual works by Sol LeWitt and other artists that helped establish those movements as dominant in the post-war era.

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    The John Kaldor Family Collection was donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and is worth $35 million. It comprises over 250 contemporary art pieces collected by John Kaldor based on his passion for contemporary art rather than institutional requirements. Architect Andrew Anderson designed new underground galleries to house the collection, accessed by an extended main stairway opening onto a commissioned artwork. The galleries featuring the Kaldor Collection have a generous, industrial feel and allow the artworks to speak for themselves through varied lighting and sightlines between pieces. The collection includes minimalist and conceptual works by Sol LeWitt and other artists that helped establish those movements as dominant in the post-war era.

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    The John Kaldor Family Collection, of over 250 pieces is an impressive representation of contemporary art a milestone that happens

    s once in a century (Capon cited in http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/mediaoffice/new-contemporary-galleries/ 10 March 2012). This philanthropic gift, worth $35 million, was collected by John Kaldor because of his abiding passionate interest in contemporary art and was not constrained by either art historical or institutional requirements (Tunnicliffe 2011 p. 13). He didnt collect to trade in art. He sought works that he and his wife Naomi, could install or display within their house or gardens at Woolwich (Tunnicliffe 2011 p.28). The John Kaldor Family Collection comprises over half of the Contemporary and Modern Art floor space of the New South Wales Art Gallery. Architect Andrew Andersons designed the new floor within the gallery extensions which he had also designed in 1972 and 1988. The Travertine floors have been sourced from the same Italian quarries as the floors of the other levels of the gallery, giving continuity to the gallerys layout (Bevan 2011). The subterranean gallery is accessed by the main stairway, which has been extended using a lighter approach of glass balustrades instead of concrete. It opens onto a newly commissioned installation,

    Clockwork for Oracles 2008 Ugo Rondinone, which entices the


    visitor into another realm of art. I wanted something dramatic at the
    Irrational judgments lead to new experiences (LeWitt 1969).

    entrance, something continuous that takes your attention from the beginning of the staircase (Bevan 2011). The John Kaldoor Family

    Collection gallery is aesthetically and conceptually different from the


    rest of the (Art Gallery of NSW) gallery. It has a generous and industrial feela whole new dynamic (Bevan 2011). Wall height has been extended by not filling in between the T beams with a suspended ceiling, usually utilized to carry utilities and cabling. Koichi Tadaka, the interior architect, wanted to make sure the artworks speak rather than the interior spacethrough sightlines you start to relate one artwork to another, its like going on a journey (Bevan 2011). The parallel avenues of the collection and offset rooms, with dramatic, subtle or flooded lighting, allow a variety of pieces to be displayed to enhance the viewers appreciation of the collection pieces. Minimal and Conceptual art form the cornerstone of the collection and are found predominantly in the central gallery. Sol LeWitts deceptively simple geometric sculptures and drawings and ecstatically coloured and jazzy wall paintings established him as a lodestar of modern American art (Kimmelman 2007). He helped establish Conceptualism and
    Irrational judgments lead to new experiences (LeWitt 1969).

    (Wordpress 2011)

    Minimalism as dominant art movements in the post war era but tried to suppress all interest in him as opposed to his works. The re created room from Kaldors house, in which is found Wall Drawing #1091: arcs,

    circles and bands (room) 2003 is a magnet to visitors young and old.
    This work is surrounded by works of his contemporaries, Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Frank Stella. The ubiquitous white cube, reminiscent of LeWitts earliest works, draws the visitor along a gallery featuring

    Wall drawing #337 and #338, three of LeWitts Incomplete open cube(s) 4/5 (1974), 5/6 (1974),5/8 (1974), 7/21 (1974) (Art Gallery NSW 2011) and the
    minimalist, ziggurat styled, skeletal cubed pyramid (Pyramid 2005). Sachiko Cho who was one of the three original artists who installed the work in Kaldors house in 2003 has recreated the walls. Each wall is covered with zany, eye-popping patterns and colours of green, orange, yellow, blue and purple (Morgan J. 2011). Sol LeWitts later works have been likened to the Italian frescoes of Perugia where he spent his last years (Art Gallery NSW 2011). He previously used bland and muted tones and these richly coloured walls embody this change. Synthetic Polymer Paint (Art Gallery of NSW 2011) is applied in thin layers that accrue hue and become the saturated colours present in this room The dimensionsof which are: 4 walls; 200.0 x 1600.0cm approx.) (Art Gallery of NSW 2011).

    Irrational judgments lead to new experiences (LeWitt 1969).

    The Kaldor Family Collection succeeds in changing the way we think about contemporary and modern art. Good contemporary art confronts the problems, the issues of the day and really good ones point towards the future, gives some clues and direction (Kaldor cited in Maddox 2011). The Art Gallerys website has a plethora of materials for visitors. Audio tours for children and adults, volunteer tour guides and educational resources definitely enhance the experience of this gallery.

    Bibliography.

    Art Gallery NSW, 2011. Works with medium: Sculpture created before 1980. [Webpage]. Available from: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/search/?media=sculpture& page=4&date_to=1980 [accessed 6 March 2012] Art Gallery NSW, 2011. New Contemporary Galleries: John Kaldor Fanily Collection - Art gallery of New South Wales. [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media-office/new-contemporarygalleries/]. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/, (MR 2), 21 May 2011. Available from: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media-office/newcontemporary-galleries/ [accessed 3 March 2012]. Art Gallery NSW, 2011. Sol LeWitt

    (United States of America 192808 Apr 2007). [webpage].

    Available from: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/352.2011/ [accessed 4 March 2012]


    Irrational judgments lead to new experiences (LeWitt 1969).

    Bevan,R, 2011. Making an exhibition of an old storeroom. [webpage]. Available from: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/making-anexhibition-of-an-old-storeroom/story-e6frg8n6-1226037435202 [accessed 3 March 2012] Kimmelman, M, 2007. Sol LeWitt, Master of Conceptualism, Dies at 78. [webpage]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/arts/design/09lewitt.html?pagewan ted=all [accessed 3 March 2012] Maddox, G, 2011. A Life's Works. [Website]. The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May . Available from: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-anddesign/a-lifes-works-20110505-1e8rb.html [accessed 7 March 2012] Morgan J., 2011. Bright and eye-popping ; a work of art to house artworks. [wedsite]. Sydney Morning Herald, 9,March. Available from: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-anddesign/bright-and-eyepopping--a-work-of-art-to-house-artworks20110308-1bmo7.html [accessed 7 March 2012]. Tunnicliffe,W, ed. 2011. John Kaldor Family Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1st ed. Sydney NSW Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Wordpress, 2011. wall drawings #1091: arcs,circles and bands (room) 2003. [webpage]. Available from: http://asampler.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/img_0349.jpg [accessed 4 March 2012]

    Irrational judgments lead to new experiences (LeWitt 1969).

    Irrational judgments lead to new experiences (LeWitt 1969).

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