Kaldor Public Art Project 04: Miralda 1973

'Coloured feast'

18 September 1973

John Kaldor Fabricmaker showrooms, Sydney

'Coloured bread'

21 September – 4 October 1973

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Miralda fused art and interaction in his edible sculptures and landscapes in the 1960s and ’70s and was one of the first artists to create large-scale spectacles and media events in public space. For Project 4 in Sydney he created two installations during September 1973, Coloured bread, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Coloured feast, with foods of every colour served to guests at the launch of the new John Kaldor Fabricmaker showrooms. Sandra McGrath described it in The Australian (29 Sept 1973) as ‘a splendid spectacle that is truly a feast of forms, colour and texture’. The works were like nothing audiences had seen before, combining art and celebration to make edible art events.