Collection
View More:
Title
Log dog
1970
Artist
Aleks Danko
Australia
07 Apr 1950 -
Details
Date
1970
Materials used
wood, metal, chain, leather, casters
Dimensions
dog: 45.0 x 78.0 x 29.0cm leash: 155 cm
Signature & date
Signed and dated, engraved on tag on leash "Danko 20.4.70".
Credit
John Kaldor Family Collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Location
Not on display
Accession number
L2011.84
URL / Share
Aleks Danko
Log dog
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Exhibition history
UCK, Llewellyn Galleries, Adelaide, 09 Sep 1970–26 Sep 1970
I want to leave a nice well-done child here, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 04 Jun 1971–04 Jul 1971
Project 3 - Objects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Apr 1975–04 May 1975
Art of this world, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 1993–1993
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
40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Oct 2009–14 Feb 2010
Aleks Danko:
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia 30 Jul 2015–18 Oct 2015
- Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 07 Nov 2015–21 Feb 2016
Best in Show, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 09 Apr 2016–03 Jul 2016
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Unknown (Compilator), Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Melbourne 29 August 2012, ‘Members events’, pg. 39-41, Melbourne, 2012, 40.
Wayne Tunnicliffe (Editor), John Kaldor family collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011, 153, 166, 168 (colour illus.).
Sophie Forbat (Editor), 40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, 2009, 38.
Nicholas Baume, From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Sydney, 1995, 27 (illus.), 83.
Project 3: Objects, Sydney, 1975, (illus.).
The News, Adelaide, 'Wooden it be lovely walking the dog', 07 Jun 1971, (illus.).