Kaldor Public Art Project 19: Tatzu Nishi 2009

'War and peace and in between'

2 October 2009 – 14 February 2010

Art Gallery Road, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Born Tazro Niscino, but working under a variety of names – Tatzu Nishi, Tatzu Oozu, and Tatsurou Bashi – in Sydney, using the name Tatzu Nishi, the artist reinvented two sculptures for Project 19, titled 'War and peace and in between'. Standing on Art Gallery Road outside the entrance to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gilbert Bayes’ equestrian monuments were transformed. Visitors climbed ramps to enter rooms that Nishi had constructed around the giant bronze figures. Bayes’ The offerings of peace was reset within a domestic living room and The offerings of war within a bedroom setting, making the sculptures appear unexpected and astonishing.