Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude are married couples who create environmental artworks. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same day, June 13, 1935; Christo di Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They first met in Paris in October 1958 when Christo painted a portrait of Jeanne-Claude's mother. They then fall in love by creating a work of art together.
Their works include the Reichstag wrappings in Berlin and the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, a 24-mile (39 km) art work called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin districts in California, and < The Gates in Central Park New York City.
Credit was granted only to "Christo", until 1994, when outdoor works and large indoor installations were retroactively credited to "Christo and Jeanne-Claude." They fly on separate planes: if one falls, the other can continue their work.
Jeanne-Claude died, aged 74, on November 18, 2009, due to complications from a cerebral aneurysm.
Although their work is visually impressive and often controversial as a result of its scale, artists have repeatedly denied that their project contains deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact. Their artistic purpose, they argue, is simply to create works of art for fun and beauty and to create new ways to see familiar landscapes. The art critic, David Bourdon, describes Christo's wrapper as "revelation through concealment". For his critics Christo replied, "I am an artist, and I must have the courage... Do you know that I do not have any artwork available? They all leave when they are finished, just drawings of preparation, and the remaining collages, I'm an almost legendary character.I think it takes a lot more courage to create things that will be lost rather than create things that will remain. "
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Personal life
Christo
Christo (Bulgarian: ?????? ?????????????? ) was born in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. His father, Vladimir Javacheff, is an entrepreneur and manages a fabric factory, and his mother, Tsveta Dimitrova, is a secretary at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. Professor from the Academy who visited his family observed Christo's artistic talent when he was very young.
Christo studied art at the Sofia Academy from 1953 to 1956 and went to Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), until 1957, when he went to the West by bribing a railway official and setting aside some others on a train carrying drugs, medicine. and medical supplies to Austria.
Christo quickly settled in Vienna and enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. After just one semester there, he traveled to Geneva and moved to Paris in 1958. His life in Paris was characterized by financial difficulties and social isolation, exacerbated by his difficulty learning French. He made money by painting portraits, which he equated with prostitution and signed with the name of his family "Javachef" while his original work was signed "Christo." In 1973, after 17 years without a country, Christo became a citizen of the United States.
Jeanne-Claude
Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon comes from an old French family. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco, where his father, an army officer, was stationed there. His mother, Prà © cilda, was 17 when he married Jeanne-Claude's father, Major LÃÆ' on Denat. Prà ©  © cilda and LÃÆ' © on Denat divorced shortly after Jeanne-Claude was born, and Prà ©  © cilda remarried three times. Jeanne-Claude obtained a bachelor's degree in Latin and philosophy in 1952 from the University of Tunis.
During World War II, Jeanne-Claude lived with her father's family while her mother fought in the French Resistance. In 1946, Prà © cilda married the influential General Jacques de Guillebon. The family lived in Berne from 1948 to 1951, then in Tunisia from 1952 to 1957, when they returned to Paris.
He is described as an "extrovert" and with natural organizational abilities. Her hair was dyed red, the color she claimed was chosen by her husband and she smoked, and tried to stop over and over until her weight would swell. He does not enjoy cooking. He is responsible for overseeing the crew and raising funds. He says he's an artist because of love for Christo (if he's a dentist, he says he'll be a dentist).
Jeanne-Claude died in New York City on November 18, 2009, due to complications due to cerebral aneurysms. His body should be donated to science, one of his desires.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg described The Gates as "one of the most exciting public art projects ever to exist in the world - and that would never happen without Jeanne-Claude." Jeanne-Claude said, "Our art has absolutely no purpose except to be a work of art.We do not give a message." He also said, "Artists do not retire.They die, that's it When they stop making art, they die."
When he died, he and Christo were working in Over the River , a set of cloth panels over the Arkansas River in Colorado (beginning in 1992) and The Mastaba , a pile 410,000 barrels of oil configured as mastaba, trapezoid prism, in the United Arab Emirates.
Wedding
Christo and Jeanne-Claude met in October 1958, when he was assigned to paint his mother portrait, Prà © cilda de Guillebon. Initially, Christo was interested in Jeanne-Claude's half-sister, Joyce. Jeanne-Claude is engaged to Philippe Planchon. Shortly before his marriage, Jeanne-Claude became pregnant by Christo. Though he married Planchon, Jeanne-Claude left him immediately after their honeymoon. The children of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Cyril, were born May 11, 1960. Jeanne-Claude's parents were unhappy with the relationship, mainly because of Christo refugee status, and while distancing themselves from their daughter.
In 1961, Christo and Jeanne-Claude covered the barrels at the port of Cologne, their first collaboration. In 1962, the couple handled their first monumental project, Rideau de Fer (Iron Curtain). Without the consent of the authorities and as a statement against the Berlin Wall, they blocked Rue Visconti, a small road near the Seine River, with an oil barrel. Jeanne-Claude stopped near the police, persuading them to allow her to stand for several hours. Although he simultaneously held his first exhibition at a gallery, it was the Visconti project that made Christo and Jeanne-Claude known in Paris.
In February 1964, Christo and Jeanne-Claude arrived in New York City. After a brief glance back to Europe, they settled in the United States in September of that year. Although poor and fluent in English, Christo displays his work in several galleries, including the famous Castelli Gallery in New York and the Schmela Gallery in DÃÆ'¼sseldorf, Germany. Christo started making a storefront, which he built for the scale. Storefront sales help finance larger projects.
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Primary works
In all of their projects since 1972 they worked exclusively with photographer Wolfgang Volz. At least five of their major projects are the subject of documentary films by Albert and David Maysles. Although, Jeanne-Claude and Christo work together creatively on all of their art projects, only Christo's name appears on the finished product. This is a conscious decision by Jeanne-Claude and Christo because of prejudice against female artists in the art world. Jeanne-Claude said, "'The decision to use only Christo's name was made deliberately when we were young because it was difficult for one artist to be established and we wanted to put all the opportunities on our side.'" "Therefore, Jeanne-Claude took on the role of manager Christo to advance their success.The couple did not disclose Jeanne-Claude as the second half of the creative process until 1994.
Oil Barrels
Jeanne-Claude strongly believes in the aesthetic beauty of works of art; he said, "'We want to create works of art of joy and beauty, which we will build because we believe it will be beautiful.'" However, that does not mean that the artwork of Jeanne-Claude and Christo has no greater political connotations. Jeanne-Claude and Christo created the work in response to the building of the Berlin Wall, in 1962. They blocked Rue Visconti in Paris with a wall of oil drums. A 4-meter-high wall built with an oil bar completely blocked the road and blocked all communications between Rue Bonaparte and Rue de Seine. They say, "This 'iron curtain' can be used as a barricade during the period of public work on the road, or to turn a road into a dead end, in principle it can be extended to all regions or entire cities." As the police approached, Jeanne-Claude firmly stood in place and keep the artwork, arguing to stay in place for just a few more hours.
Documenta 4
In 1968, Christo and Jeanne-Claude had the opportunity to participate in Documenta 4 in Kassel. In addition to the statue, Corridor Storefronts, the couple wants to create an air pack with a volume of 5,600 m 3 , which will be lifted by a crane and visible from a distance of 25 km. On June 24, 1968, their first attempt to fully inflate the air pack failed, as the polyethylene skin tore up when it was raised. After two repeated attempts and repairs, and using the two largest cranes in Europe, the project came true on August 3, 1968. The package went up to a maximum height of 280 feet (85 m) high for a total of 10 hours (from 4:00 to 2 hours : 00 noon on August 4), being the largest inflatable structure without any framework ever built. From the $ 70,000 (USD) fee from this project, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have paid all but $ 3,000 (USD) from the sale of prep drawings, collages, and Home Stores.
Wrapped Coast
In late 1969 Jeanne-Claude and Christo wrapped up the beach of Little Bay, in Sydney, Australia, at the invitation of Australian collector John Kaldor and as part of the Alcorso-Sekers Traveling Scholarship. With the support of John Kaldor, this became the first visit to Australia for international artists to create new and first works in the Kaldor Public Arts Project series.
100 workers and 11 volunteers devoted 17,000 hours of work to the project. Christo wraps up two and a half miles of beach and cliffs to a height of 26 meters. The project requires 95,600m 2 synthetic fabric and 56 km of rope and is the largest single art work ever made today. The artwork is bigger than Mount Rushmore, and the visitor takes an hour to walk from one end of the work to the other. After the initial resistance of the authorities and the public, the reaction was largely positive, and had a major impact on art in Australia.
Curtain Valley
In the late 1970s Christo and Jeanne-Claude began their preparations for the Curtain Curtain project. The 400-meter cloth should be stretched across the Rifle Gap, a valley in the Rocky Mountains near Rifle, Colorado. The project requires 14,000m 2 fabrics to be hung on four steel wires, tied with iron rods mounted on concrete on each slope, and 200 tonnes of concrete. The budget increased to $ 400,000, causing Christo and Jeanne-Claude additional problems with financing. Finally enough artwork was sold to raise money and, on October 10, 1971, orange curtains were ready to be hung, but torn into pieces by the wind and rock. While the second curtain was made, Christo received a request from Berlin art historian to wrap the Reichstag in response to the "Public Building Packaging Project" in 1961. On August 10, 1972, the second attempt to hang the cloth was successful, but only 28 hours later he was destroyed by a storm more than 60 miles per hour.
The project is featured in Christo Valley Curtain documentary film, by David and Albert Maysles, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Running Fence
In 1972, Christo and Jeanne-Claude started preparations for Running Fence: a railing, backed by steel and steel cables, walked through the landscape and headed for the ocean. The fence should be 5.5 meters long and 40 kilometers long and built in Sonoma and Marin County, California. For the project, 59 families of farmers need to be convinced and permission from the authorities must be obtained, so Christo and Jeanne-Claude hire nine lawyers. At the end of 1973, Christo and Jeanne-Claude marked the hedge with a wooden stake. On April 29, 1976, the work finally began after a long struggle against the bureaucracy. About 200,000 m 2 of nylon fabric, 2050 steel masts and 145 km steel cables are required. On September 10, 1976 the work was completed. However, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have to pay a $ 60,000 fine, because they do not have permission for coastal areas.
How to Get Closed
In 1977, Christo and Jeanne-Claude mostly paid bank loans and tried to save money. In addition, they continue to plan their future projects, such as wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin and Pont-Neuf in Paris, as well as "Wrapped Walk Ways," which includes a walkway in Kansas City park. In November, Christo meets with his parents, seeing his mother for the first time in 20 years.
With "Closed Paths" Christo and Jeanne-Claude take the 4.5km walk in Loose Park, a park in Kansas City, Missouri. Overall it takes 12,500 m 2 a shiny yellow orange nylon fabric. Pedestrians enjoy artwork for two weeks in October. The cost of this project reached $ 130,000.
Miami Island Surrounded
Christo and Jeanne-Claude plan the project based on Jeanne-Claude's idea of ​​circling eleven islands in Biscayne Bay Miami with 603,850 m 2 of pink polypropylene cloth. Completed on May 7, 1983, with the help of 430 workers and can be admired for two weeks.
On May 7, 1983, the installation of the Outlying Island was completed. In Biscayne Bay, between Miami municipalities, Miami Shores, North Miami, North Bay Village, Bal Harbor, Surfside and Miami Beach, 11 islands located in Baker's Haulover Inlet area, Broad Causeway, 79th Street Causeway, Julia Tuttle Causeway and Venetian Causeway surrounded by 603,850 square meters (6.5 million square feet) of pink polypropylene woven fabrics covering the waterline, floating and extending 61 meters (200 feet) from each island into the bay. The fabric was sewn into 79 patterns to follow the contours of the 11 islands.
For two weeks, the Surrounded Islands, spread over 11.3 kilometers (7.0 million), are visible, approachable, and enjoyed by the public, ranging from roads, land, water, and air. The luminous pink color of the sparkling fabric is in harmony with the tropical vegetation of the uninhabited green islands, the Miami sky light, and the shallow-water color of Biscayne Bay.
Since April 1981, lawyers Joseph Z. Fleming and Joseph W. Landers, marine biologist Anitra Thorhaug, ornithologists Oscar Owre and Meri Cummings, mammalian biologist Daniel Odell, marine engineer John Michel, four consultant engineers, and builder contractor Ted Dougherty A & amp; H Builders, Inc., has been working on the preparation of the Outlying Islands. The sea and land crew picked up debris from eleven islands, put the garbage into bags and threw it away after they spent about forty tons of different trash: refrigerator doors, tires, sinks, mattresses and abandoned boats.
Permits are obtained from the following government agencies: the Florida Governor and the Cabinet; Dade County Commission; Florida Department of Environmental Regulations; Miami City Commission; North Miami City; Miami Shores Village; US Army Engineer Corps; and Dade Department's Department of Environmental Resources.
From November 1982 to April 1983, 6,500,000 square feet (600,000 m 2 ) of polypropylene fabrics were woven at the rented Hialeah plant, to 79 different patterns to follow the contours of the 11 islands. Flotation strips sewn in each stitch. At Opa Locka Blimp Hangar, the stitching sections are folded with an accordion to allow them to spread over the water.
The outer edge of the floating fabric is attached to a 30.5 centimeter (12 inch) diameter of the octagonal explosion, in part, with the same color as the fabric. The explosion was connected to a radial anchor line, extended from anchor on a specially crafted 610 anchor island, spaced at intervals of 15.3 meters (50 feet), 76 meters (250 feet) beyond the perimeter of each island, propelled to limestone in base of bay. Earth anchors are pushed to the ground, near the foot of a tree, to secure the inland edge of the fabric, covering the beach surface and disappearing under the vegetation.
Floating raft of fabric and boom, varying from 3.7 to 6.7 meters (12 to 22 feet) in width and from 122 to 183 meters (400 to 600 feet) in length, is drawn through the Gulf to every island. There are 11 islands, but on two occasions the two islands are surrounded together as one configuration.
Like the previous art project of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands is fully funded by artists through sales by C.V.J. Corporations (Jeanne-Claude Christo-Javacheff, President) of the preparatory pastel and the drawing of charcoal, collage, lithographs, and early work.
On May 4, 1983, of the total workforce of 430, the crew that began to roam began to blossom the pink fabric. The islands around it tend to be day and night by 120 watchdogs on rubber boats.
The Outlying Island is a work of art that underscores the various elements and ways in which the people of Miami live, between the land and the water.
Pont Neuf
On March 14, 1984, Jeanne-Claude became a US citizen; he holds dual US and French citizenship. In August, the couple received permission to wrap Pont-Neuf, (which was completed in July 1607), after nine years of negotiations with Paris's mayor Jacques Chirac, and preparations for the project began. To wrap the oldest bridge in Paris, it takes 40,000 m 2 of sandy polyamide fabrics. The color of gold sandstone is used to mimic the color of sidewalks in Paris under the sunset. The packaging began on August 25, 1985 and finished on September 22nd. On October 5, the project was removed after being seen by more than three million visitors. All costs for The Pont Neuf Wrapped are borne by the couple themselves. Just like in all other projects, they do not take sponsors. They usually use the money they generate just selling the initial image of the project. Encasing Pont Neuf continues the tradition of transforming the sculptural dimension into a work of art. Cain retains the main form of Pont Neuf but emphasizes its detail and proportion.
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA , 1984-91
Christo and Jeanne-Claude prepare for the next project, "The Umbrellas." The plan is to install a yellow umbrella in California and a blue umbrella in Japan at the same time. In December 1990, after much preparation, the first steel base for umbrellas was installed. At 80cm bases, the anchors are tied to the ground to withstand 1,500 kgf (15 kN) tension. In September 1991 umbrellas were brought to their place by 2,000 workers. In California, some bases are transported to locations by helicopter. The final cost of the project reaches $ 26 million US, and it is fully financed by the artists themselves through the sale of prep drawings etc; artists do not take the form of sponsors.
On September 7, 1,340 blue umbrellas at Ibaraki and 1,760 yellow umbrellas at Tejon Ranch in southern California have been erected; the exhibition opened on October 9, 1991. The umbrellas are positioned close together in Japanese confined spaces, while in California they are placed in all directions on unfilled wide land. In total, 3 million people saw the umbrella, each measuring 6 feet in height and 8.66 meters in diameter. On October 27, they initiated the abolition of the project and restored the land to its previous condition. Umbrellas are separated and most elements are recycled. The umbrellas were a huge tourist attraction, used as everything from picnics to wedding altars.
On October 26, 1991, an umbrella in California was overthrown by strong winds, killing a woman and injuring several others. The exhibition was ordered closed immediately. The second death occurred during the lifting of the umbrella.
Wrapped Reichstag
After the "The Umbrellas" project Christo and Jeanne-Claude are again concerned about wrapping up the Reichstag in Berlin. With the support of the President of Parliament, Rita SÃÆ'¼ssmuth, Christo and Jeanne-Claude work to convince elected Members of Parliament, going from office to office, writing explanations to each of 662 delegates and innumerable phone calls and negotiations. On February 25, 1995 after a 70 minute debate in Parliament and the Gulung vote, the Bundestag allowed the project to move forward.
Just under 100,000m 2 of a refractory polypropylene fabric, covered by an aluminum coating, and a 15 km rope is required. The packaging began on June 17, 1995 and finished on 24 June. The spectacle was seen by five million visitors before the opening begins on July 7th.
VerhÃÆ'¼llte BÃÆ'¤ume (Dibungkus) Pohon)
After 32 years of planning and preparation work, between 13 November and 14 December 1998, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 178 trees in the Beyeler Foundation's "Berower Park" in northeastern Basel, next to the tramway and tram lines from the German Border in Riehen (LÃÆ'Â ¶rrach).
To wrap the tree, the pair uses 55,000 m 2 of a silver gray silver polyester cloth and a 23 km rope. A pattern must be made for each tree so that the natural shape of the branches push the fabric out, creating individual shapes in the sky. The trees vary in height from 2 to 25 meters and width from 1 to nearly 15 meters. Like any other project, it is financed by the sale of the original work. On a three-week view, Wrapped Trees is very dynamic: a variety of tree silhouettes move in the wind with skeletal frames that are visible when the invisibility material is illuminated by the winter sun. All materials used are recycled when it is lowered.
Snoopy House Wrapped
In 1978, Charles M. Schulz drew an episode of his comic strip of Peanuts where Snoopy's dog house was wrapped in cloth by Christo. In response, Christo built a wrapped dog house and handed it to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in 2003.
Gate
On January 3, 2005, work began on the installation of the most prolonged project, The Gates, at Central Park in New York City. The title is " The Gates Central Park, New York, 1979-2005 " in connection with the elapsed time of their original proposal until they can proceed with it: only with the mayor's permission New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, whether they can continue. After the project was completed, Bloomberg released the following statement about "The Gates," "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, [...] praising The Gates as" one of the most exciting public art projects ever to exist anywhere in the world - - and that will never happen without Jeanne-Claude. '"
"The Gates" opened to the public from February 12 to February 27, 2005. A total of 7,503 gates made of saffron color cloth were placed on the street at Central Park. They have a height of five meters and have a combined length of 37 km. Bloomberg, fans of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, presented them with "Doris C. Freedman Award for Public Art" for artwork. Christo and Jeanne-Claude often express satisfaction that their concept for their hometown of over 30 years has finally materialized.
The project cost was $ 21 million dollars raised entirely by Christo and Jeanne-Claude who sold studies, drawings, collages, works from the 1950s and 1960s. They do not receive any sponsors, nor does New York City have to provide money for the project. Christo and Jeanne-Claude donated all the money earned from the sale of souvenirs such as postcards, T-shirts and posters to "Nurture New York's Nature, Inc." While engineering, manufacturing and preparation took over a year, some 750 paid employees set up the project within five days and then deployed the entire gate in half an hour. Approximately 600 more ("Gate Keepers") distributed 1 million free cloth samples to visitors. The uniformed Gate keepers also informed visitors about the project, and were responsible for unrolling the gates that rolled across the high winds. More workers are removing projects within a week, leaving virtually no trace and delivery of all materials for recycling.
Great Air Packages
Christo fills the Oberhausen Gasometer from March 16 to December 30, 2013 with the installation of Big Air Package. After "The Wall" (1999) as the final installment of Emscher Park International Building Exhibition, the Big Air Package is his second artwork at Gasometer. "Great Air Package - Project for Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany" conceived by Christo in 2010 (for the first time without his wife Jeanne-Claude). The statue was erected on the inside of an industrial monument and made of 20,350 square meters of translucent fabric and 4,500 meters of rope. In increasing circumstances, the envelope, weighing 5.3 tons, reaches a height of more than 90 meters, a diameter of 50 meters and a volume of 177,000 cubic meters. The monumental work of art is, meanwhile, the largest self-support statue in the world. In an accessible Big Air Package interior, the artist generates unique space, proportion, and light experiences.
The Floating Piers
The Floating Piers is a series of pavements mounted on Lake Iseo near Brescia, Italy. From 18 June to 3 July 2016, visitors can walk right on the water surface from the village of Sulzano on the mainland to the islands of Monte Isola and San Paolo. The floating flyover is made of about 200,000 polyethylene cubes lined with 70,000 square meters (750,000 sqÃ, ft) bright yellow cloth: 3 kilometers (1.9mil) dock moved into water; 1.5 km away (0.93 miles) of gold cloth continues along the pedestrian streets of Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio. After the exhibition, all components must be removed and recycled. The installation was facilitated by the Beretta family, the owner of the US Army's main arms supplier. The Beretta family owns the island of San Paolo, which is surrounded by the floating pavement of Piers.
The Mastaba (London)
The Mastaba is a temporary floating installation of 7,506 barrels of oil on display from June to September 2018 at The Serpentine in London. The structure is as high as 20 meters (65 feet).
Future work
Over The River
Christo and Jeanne-Claude announced plans for a future project, titled Over The River , to be built on the Arkansas River between Salida, Colorado and CaÃÆ' Â ± in City, Colorado on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.. This beautiful area is known as Bighorn Sheep Canyon, and is west of the famous Royal Gorge. Plans for the project call to horizontally suspend 6.7 miles (10.8 km) from the reflective fabric panel, high visibility above the water, on steel cables anchored to the river bank. The project plan requested installation for two weeks during the summer of 2015, the soonest, and for the river to remain open for recreation during installation.
Reactions among local residents have been intense with supporters hoping for a tourism boom and opponents fear that the project will undermine the visual appeal of the landscape and inflict damage on river ecosystems. One local rafting guide compared the project to "hanging pornography in a church." The Land Management Bureau released a Decision Record which approved the project on November 7, 2011. However, the project could not start until the Land Management Bureau issued a Notice to Continue. A lawsuit against the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Division was filed on July 22, 2011, by Rags Over the Arkansas River (ROAR), a local group opposing the project. The lawsuit is still pending the trial date.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's inspiration for "Over the River" came in 1985 when they wrapped up the Pont-Neuf and the fabric panel was being lifted above the Seine. The artists embarked on a three-year search for a suitable location in 1992, taking into account about eighty-nine stream locations. They chose the Arkansas River because its edge is high enough so that recreational rafting can enjoy the river at the same time.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have spent over $ 6 million on environmental studies, design engineering, and wind tunnel testing on fabrics. Like the previous projects, Over The River will be funded entirely by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, through the sale of preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, and Christo's early work from the 1950s/1960s. On July 16, 2010, the US Bureau of Land Management released a four-volume Environmental Draft Declaration Report, which reported many types of potentially serious negative impacts but also many proposed "mitigation" options.
In January 2017, after the election of President Trump, Christo canceled a controversial project in protest against a new government.
Mastaba (Al Gharbia)
The Mastaba is a planned trapezoidal structure of over 400,000 barrels of oil, intended to be built in Al Gharbia, 100 miles from Abu Dhabi. This will, if realized, be the only large-scale, eternal work of Christo/Jeanne-Claude.
Public collection
- Boca Raton Museum of Art
- MusÃÆ' Â © e d'art moderne et d art contemporain, Nice, France
- The Cleveland Museum of Art: Packed Seats (1961)
- Los Angeles County Art Museum: 'Ray Portrait' 1969
Awards and awards
- (2011) Received an honorary degree from Occidental College.
- (2011) Selected to National Design Academy
- (2008) Received an honorary degree from Franklin & amp; Marshall College.
- (2006) Best Projects in Public Spaces for Gate, Central Park, New York, 1979-2005 , AICA-USA Awards
- (2006) Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts
- (2004) Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ, USA
- "Doris C. Freedman Award for Public Art"
- (1973) Nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
See also
- Ground art
- Site Specific Art
- Environmental art
References
- Notes
- Source
- This article is based on the translation of related articles from the German Wikipedia, accessed on May 3, 2005, with additional material on the Over the River project of artist websites and newspapers.
- Bibliography
For information on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's early work, see:
- Matthias Koddenberg, Christo: The Paris Sculptures 1961 , Kettler Verlag, BÃÆ'¶nen, Germany 2011
- Matthias Koddenberg, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Initial Work 1958-64 , Kettler Verlag, BÃÆ'¶nen, Germany 2009
- Matthias Koddenberg, "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Face of New Realism Inaugurated", at: Nouveau RÃÆ' Â © alisme , exh. cat. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria 2005
- David Bourdon, Christo , Harry N. Abrams, New York, United States 1971
Untuk informasi tenty proyek specific Christo dan Jeanne-Claude, lihat:
- Anne L. Strauss, Christo dan Jeanne-Claude: Gerbang, Central Park, Kota New York, 1979-2005 , Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Jerman 2005
- Christo: Package 5,600 Cubicmeter , Verlag Wort und Bild, Baierbrunn, Jerman 1968
- Lima Film Tour Christo & amp; Jeanne-Claude: A Maysles Film Production , N.Y., N.Y.Ã,: Plexifilm, 2004.
For general information about the life and work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, see:
- Matthias Koddenberg, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: In/Out Studio , D.A.P., New York, USA 2015
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude: 40 Years - 12 Exhibitions , exh. cat. Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom 2011
- Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Christo and Jeanne-Claude , Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Germany 2005
- Burt Chernow, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography , The St. Martin, New York, USA 2002
External links
- Official website
- An interview with Wolfgang Volz, photographer and technical director of The Floating Piers
- Works by or about Christo in the library (WorldCat catalog)
- Works based on or about Jeanne-Claude in the library (WorldCat catalog)
- "Christo collects news and comments". The New York Times .
- Interview with Christo & amp; Jeanne-Claude
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection at the National Art Gallery
- artfacts.net entry, including exhibit information
- The Community Gates @ Central Park blogging project about NYC's Christo installation in February 2005.
- Snoopy House Wrapped in Schulz Museum
- Over the River information from the artist website
- Rags Over the Arkansas River (ROAR)
- Wolfgang Volz, photographer
- The Pont Neuf Wrapped, 1985. Photo: Eric Baudelet
- Christo in Paris (1990) Documentary film about wrapping Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris.
- Christo and George Gurney of the Smithsonian American Art Museum talk about the Running Fence archive
- Christo talks about "Over The River"
- Christo v. Colorado, 2010, September 11
- Vote for Christo's Wrapping from the Reichstag Speech in the German Bundestag, 1994 by Konrad WeiÃÆ'Ÿ (Berlin)
- Art Signature Dictionary, original signature by artist Christo Javacheff Here are some samples dated from Christo Javacheff's signature.
- Jeanne-Claude
- Obituaries in The Guardian
- Obituaries in The Independent by Marcus Williamson
- Obituaries in Daily Telegraph
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