This text provides a survey of the work of Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, who specialize in creating art on a monumental scale: they have taken on landscape projects in the US, Japan and Australia and, in June 1995, they wrapped the Reichstag building in silvery fabric and blue cable.
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"Nobody discusses a painting before it has been painted. Our projects are discussed and argued about, pro and con, before they are realized." - Christo"
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About the artist:
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have worked in collaboration since 1961, and lived in New York City since 1964. Their large-scale projects include Wrapped Coast, Australia, 1968–69, Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970–72, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76, Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Florida, 1980–83, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975–85, The Umbrellas, Japan–USA, 1984–91, Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971–95, Wrapped Trees, Riehen, Switzerland, 1997–98 and The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005. Jeanne-Claude died in 2009.
About the photographer:
Wolfgang Volz has worked with Christo and Jeanne-Claude as the exclusive photographer of their works since 1971. He was also project director (with Roland Specker) for Wrapped Reichstag and (with Josy Kraft) for Wrapped Trees, and was in charge of The Wall, 13,000 Oil Barrels, 1999. His close collaboration has resulted in many books and more than 300 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
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Paul Goldberger is the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic of The New Yorker, where since 1997 he has written the "Sky Line" column, and the author of several books, most recently Up From Zero (2004). He lectures widely on architecture, design, historic preservation and cities, and has taught at both Yale School of Architecture and the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
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100% pure imagination i loved it !,
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This and other books on the same topic is a must for people especily kids who have a big and good imagination ! if Christo covered Mt. Everest in cavas and fermly tied down with rope it will amaze evreyone who sees it and it will be easy to climb just hold onto the ropes !Rob Norton ( 1983-) 22361 rolling hills rd.,Saratoga ca. 95070 p.s. i am a amature athur and artist myself !
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