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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
Location
Not on display
Accession number
L2011.84
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Aleks Danko
Log dog
Shown in 9 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
Making art public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Sep 2019–16 Feb 2020
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Nicholas Baume, From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Sydney, 1995, 27 (illus.), 83.
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne (Compilator), Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Melbourne 29 August 2012, ‘Members events’, pg. 39-41, Melbourne, 2012, 40.
Sophie Forbat (Editor), 40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, 2009, 38.
Robert Lindsay, Project 3: Objects, Sydney, 1975, (illus.).
Wayne Tunnicliffe (Editor), John Kaldor family collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011, 153, 166, 168 (colour illus.).
Editor Unknown (Editor), The News, Adelaide, 'Wooden it be lovely walking the dog', 07 Jun 1971, (illus.).