Contents 7–9 88 242 286 406 The Beauty of Being Alive Wrapped 1961 Volkswagen Wrapped Coast, One Million Running Fence, Sonoma and The Gates, Central Park, Die Schönheit des Lebens Beetle Saloon, 1963–2014 Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Marin Counties, California, New York City, 1979–2005 La beauté d’être en vie Australia, 1968–69 1972–76 Lorenza Giovanelli 184 428 42,390 Cubic Feet Package, 256 298 Big Air Package, Gasometer 10 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1966 Wrapped Monuments, Wrapped Walk Ways, Oberhausen, Germany, Timeline Milan, Italy, 1970 Jacob Loose Park, Kansas City, 2010–13 206 Missouri, USA, 1977–78 68 Wrapped Buildings: 262 434 Project for a Wrapped Monumental Packages Valley Curtain, Rifle, 306 The Mastaba for the Fondation Public Building for Urban Spaces Colorado, 1970–72 Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980–83 France, 2015–16 72 216 272 Project for the Wrapping 5,600 Cubicmeter Package, The Wall, Wrapped Roman 326 438 of the École Militaire, Paris documenta IV, Kassel, 1967–68 Wall, Via Veneto and Villa The Pont Neuf Wrapped, The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Borghese, Rome, Italy, 1973–74 Paris, 1975–85 Italy, 2014–16 74 236 Project for a Temporary Wrapped Museum of 278 348 462 Wall of Oil Barrels, Contemporary Art, Chicago, Ocean Front, Newport, The Umbrellas, Japan–USA, The London Mastaba, Rue Visconti, Paris 1968–69 Rhode Island, 1974 1984–91 Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016–18 368 Wrapped Floors and Stairways and Covered Windows, Museum Würth, 472 Künzelsau, Germany, 1994–95 Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, 372 State of Colorado, USA Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971–95 482 386 The Mastaba, Project for Wrapped Trees, Fondation the United Arab Emirates Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Switzerland, 1997–98 498 L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, 398 Project for Paris The Wall – 13,000 Oil Barrels, Gasometer Oberhausen, 506–511 Germany, 1998–99 Biography 001-005_CHRISTO_JEANNE-CLAUDE_40_INT_43908.IND12001-005_CHRISTO_JEANNE-CLAUDE_40_LITHO_INT_43908.indd 4 4 14.04.2016.06.20 13:0212:08 001-005_CHRISTO_JEANNE-CLAUDE_40_INT_43908.IND12001-005_CHRISTO_JEANNE-CLAUDE_40_LITHO_INT_43908.indd 5 5 14.04.2016.06.20 13:0212:08.

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Presentation for Christo and Jeanne Claude
Presentation for Christo and Jeanne Claude I Slide 1 A fun idea: You may want to wrap an object or package before the presentation. You can wrap it in plain fabric, white paper or colored wrapping paper. Make a big show of it and put it in a conspicuous place when you walk into the room on the day of the presentation. Do not mention it or refer to it. Do the students seem curious? How long before someone asks about it? Is the fact that they do not know what is inside intriguing? Does it make the object more interesting? As most of you know, in Art in the Classroom we look at art and discuss works of art. What is art to you? Let the children give their ideas. Some definitions you might suggest: Expression of what is beautiful Use of skill and creative imagination Art is something out of the ordinary, always incorporating new ideas and techniques. If it wasn’t, wouldn’t it be boring? Slide 2 Show Mona Lisa, Monet’s Bridge at Argentueil and “Yellow Store Front” by Christo Which of these is art? Let the children voice their ideas. What if I told you that they are all art? Today we are going on a trip around the world to look at a pair of artists that do very creative work on a very large scale. They transform the ordinary into something that makes people stop and look at things in a different way. Slide 3 Show “Wrapped bottles and cans” and “wrapped object” Can anyone tell me what these objects are? Is this how you normally see them? What is your initial reaction to it? What could be in the package on the right? Does it make you think and wonder? Why would an artist want to express themselves by wrapping or covering something? What comment would they be making? When we look at art, some of the tools we use to talk about it are the Elements of Art: Color, light, line, shape, texture and space (composition).
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The Tom Golden Collection
The Tom Golden Collection 2001.51.1 “Running Fence‐‐Project for Sonoma and Marin Counties." Artist: Christo, 1974. Original drawing collage for Running Fence project. Signed: "CHRISTO, 1974", (lower left above title). L 28 x W 22. 2001.51.2 “Wrapped Walk Ways‐‐Project for Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri." Artist: Christo, 1978. Original collages photograph by Wolfgang Volz. Signed: "CHRISTO, 1978" (Right 2001.51.3.1 “Surrounded Islands‐‐Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida." Artist: Christo, 1983. Collage with fabric, pastel, charcoal, pencil, crayon, enamel paint, fabric sample, and aerial photograph. TWO PARTS (A‐B). Signed: "CHRISTO, 1983" (lower right 2001.51.3.2 “Surrounded Island Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida." Artist: Christo, 1983. Collage with fabric, pastel, charcoal, pencil, crayon, enamel paint, fabric sample, and aerial photography. Two of two parts. Signed: "CHRISTO 1983" (lower right on sample fabric.) 2001.51.4 “The Pont Neuf, Wrapped‐‐Project for Paris." Artist: Christo, 1979. Collages photograph (pencil, enamel paint, crayon, charcoal, and photograph by Wolfgang Volz on paper). Signed: "CHRISTO, 1979" (Lower left). 2001.51.5 "For Tom Sept, 1985 Paris." Original instructional ink sketch is of a lamp post of Christo and Jeanne‐Claude, The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris). Artist: Christo, 1985. Signed across the bottom "For Tom Sept, 1985 Paris CHRISTO." 2001.51.6 "For Tom, With Love, Many Thanks." Artist: Christo, 1985. Original sketch was done to show how four barrel sculptures were to be reassembled in Basel, Switzerland and be photographed for documentation by Eeva‐Enkeri for Christo and Jeanne‐Claude.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Gabrovo, 1942 Christo (left) and his two brothers Stefan (center) and Anani (right) Photo: Vladimir Yavachev © 1942 Christo 1935 Christo: American, Bulgarian-born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, June 13, 1935, Gabrovo, of a Bulgarian industrialist family. Jeanne-Claude: American, French-born Jeanne-Claude Marie Denat, June 13, 1935, Casablanca, of a French military family, educated in France and Switzerland. Died November 18, 2009, New York City. 1952 Jeanne-Claude: Baccalauréat in Latin and Philosophy, University of Tunis, Tunisia. 1953-56 Christo: Studies at the National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. Gabrovo, 1949 Christo (left) during a drawing lesson Photo: Archive © 1949 Christo 1956 In fall, Christo leaves Bulgaria to go to Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1957 On January 10, Christo escapes to Vienna, Austria, where he studies one semester at the Academy of Fine Arts. In October, he moves to Geneva, Switzerland. 1958 In March, Christo arrives in Paris, where he meets Jeanne-Claude in early October. Packages and Wrapped Objects. 1960 Birth of their son, Cyril, May 11. 1961 Project for a Wrapped Public Building. Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages, Cologne Harbor, 1961. Rolls of paper, oil barrels, tarpaulin and rope. Duration: two weeks. Christo and Jeanne-Claude's first collaboration. Paris, 1961 Christo in his studio at 14 rue de Saint-Senoch Photo: Jean-Jacques Lévèque 1962 Wall of Oil Barrels – The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62. 89 barrels. Height: 13.7 feet (4.2 meters). Width: 13.2 feet (4 meters). Depth: 2.7 feet (0.5 meters). Duration: eight hours. Stacked Oil Barrels, Gentilly, near Paris, France.
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PRESS RELEASE CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE Reveal
PRESS RELEASE CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE reveal Location: 23 Bruton Street, second floor, London W1J 6QF, UK Champagne reception: Thursday June 28th, from 6pm to 8pm Exhibition dates: 21st June - 7th September, 2018 Opening times: Monday – Friday, 10am – 6 pm, Saturday by appointment Reveal is a retrospective exhibition of some of the most representative projects realised in a period of about 40 years by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. From 21st June to 7th September 2018 we will show fifteen artworks, among which Wrapped “Look” Magazine (1964), Kassel (1967), Wrapped trees (1969), Roman Wall (1974), Pont Neuf (1976), Mastaba (1977), Surrounded Islands (1983), Wrapped Reichstag (1986), Over the river (1995) and The Gates (2002). A champagne reception will be held on Thursday June 28th, from 6pm to 8pm. The great and ambitious works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, their installations and their projects, were born in some way inspired by Man Ray’s masterpiece of 1920, L’enigme d’Isodore Ducasse – the first wrapping with a cover and some cord of an ordinary object (in this particular case a sewing machine) that history has memory of – and mainly teach us to re-learn to see, urging us to re-discover, to have new eyes. In ancient Greek, one of the most important words is «amazing», i.e. to be worthy of amazement, to be admirable. The philosopher, he who loves and seeks knowledge, is most of all a man who is amazed, a person who feels amazement also as fear, dizziness, and disorientation. And looking, observing, means understanding. It is good to notice that still today, I understand can be expressed with I see.
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Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935
STATEMENT ON CHRISTO May 31, 2020 Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known as Christo, passed away of natural causes today, on May 31, 2020, at his home in New York City. He was 84 years old. Statement from Christo’s office: “Christo lived his life to the fullest, not only dreaming up what seemed impossible but realizing it. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s artwork brought people together in shared experiences across the globe, and their work lives on in our hearts and memories. Christo and Jeanne-Claude have always made clear that their artworks in progress be continued after their deaths. Per Christo’s wishes, ‘L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’ in Paris, France, is still on track for September 18 – October 3, 2021.” Christo was born on June 13, 1935 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. He left Bulgaria in 1957, first to Prague, Czechoslovakia, and then escaped to Vienna, Austria, then moved to Geneva, Switzerland. In 1958, Christo went to Paris, where he met Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, not only his wife but life partner in the creation of monumental environmental works of art. Jeanne-Claude passed away on November 18, 2009. Christo lived in New York City for 56 years. From early wrapped objects to monumental outdoor projects, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s artwork transcended the traditional bounds of painting, sculpture and architecture. Some of their work included Wrapped Coast, Little Bay in Sydney, Australia (1968-69), Valley Curtain in Colorado (1970–72), Running Fence in California (1972–76), Surrounded Islands in Miami (1980– 83), The Pont Neuf Wrapped in Paris (1975–85), The Umbrellas in Japan and California (1984– 91), Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin (1972–95), The Gates in New York’s Central Park (1979–2005), The Floating Piers at Italy's Lake Iseo (2014–16), and The London Mastaba on London’s Serpentine Lake (2016-18).
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude Water Projects Curated by Germano
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Water Projects Curated by Germano Celant Santa Giulia Museum Brescia April 7 – September 18, 2016 April 6, 2016 at the Santa Giulia Museum, Christo and Germano Celant, with Brescia’s Mayor Emilio Del Bono, Deputy-Mayor and Councilor for Culture Laura Castelletti, President of Fondazione Brescia Musei Massimo Minini and Director of Fondazione Brescia Musei Luigi Di Corato, will present the exhibition Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Water Projects, opening April 7. Set in the 2000 square meter spaces of Santa Giulia Museum, the show – curated by Celant in collaboration with the artist and his studio – will offer an unprecedented display of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s water-related projects, that is those based on rural and urban landscapes characterized by the presence of water in the form of an ocean, a sea, a lake, or a river. With over 150 exhibits comprising the artists’ original preparatory studies, drawings and collages, complemented by scale-models, photos of the finished projects, videos, and films, inside the museum’s 2000 square meter exhibition space, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Water Projects presents a chronological display of the artists’ monumental works since the early Sixties and illustrates their seven Water Projects, from Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1968-1969 to The Floating Piers, Project for Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014-16. The exhibition aims at presenting the projects within a historical framework, contextualizing their evolution, from 1961 to the present day, illustrating the artists’ water- related works in their different stages of realization, from the first concept sketches, to the drawings, collages and models that follow, all the way to the actual realization of the work documented in the form of photos and videos.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude by Jan Garden Castro
Web Special Online A publication of the International Sculpture Center A Matter of Passion: A Conversation with Christo and Jeanne-Claude by Jan Garden Castro Christo and Jeanne-Claude have created 18 major outdoor projects, which are among the most ambitious, innovative sculptures in the world. In February 2005, The Gates will transform New York City’s Central Park, the space famously designed, starting in 1858, by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. In advance of the project, this spring and summer (April 6–July 25, 2004), the Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature an exhibition on The Gates. Also in April 2004, Christo and Jeanne-Claude will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center. The artists’ earlier projects include Wrapped The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City, 1997. Coast (Australia, 1969); Valley Curtain (Rifle, Pencil, enamel paint, Colorado, 1970–72); Running Fence photograph by Wolfgang Volz wax crayon, and tape, 21.5 x 28 cm. (Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76); Surrounded Islands (Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, 1980–83); The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Paris, 1975–85); The Umbrellas (Japan—U.S.A., 1984–91), and Wrapped Reichstag (Berlin, 1971–95), which cost 15 million dollars. The artists fund all of their projects themselves and do not benefit financially from photographs, posters, postcards, and book and film sales. Christo and Jeanne-Claude are critical of those who do not pay attention to the facts on their Web site <christojeanneclaude.net> and their use of language. Among the publications they approve are the biography Christo and Jeanne-Claude, by Burt Chernow with an epilogue by Wolfgang Volz, and the books that Christo designs to document each project.
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Public Art a Public Artwork Would Be a Sculpture Or Painting That You Might
Public Art A public artwork would be a sculpture or painting that you might see in a park or in front of a building. You would design a public artwork that could represent the times we are living through, like a giant surgical mask made of bronze. What you would actually make is a drawing or digital image of what your public art would look like. You could even make a small version if you want out of cardboard, papier maché or whatever you may have. It would be a good idea to show your public art idea from more than one view, like front and back or side. A digital version in google sketch would help you see your work from all sides. You could even have suggestions as to where this public art should go, like in front of our school or town hall, or by the river or a hospital as examples. The city of Fredericton currently has a call for artist submissions for a temporary public art project Here are some images of famous public art, some you may have seen before. Robert Indiana – New York city – reproduction – original made in 1970 Cloud Gate, by Anish Kapoor, located in Chicago, Illinois. This public art is often called "The Bean" and is a very popular photo spot. People Waiting – John Hooper – Saint John NB Strata – Peter Powning – Saint John NB Recently one of the words best known public art creators died, an artist who was simply known as Christo. Christo and his partner Jean Claude were famous for using fabric to wrap things or cover the landscape in interesting ways.
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Christo Interview-Edited
The Gates interview On Feb. 26, 2005, just one day before The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979- 2005 was dismantled, I had the pleasure of joining several media colleagues in an interview with the artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo, at their temporary office in Central Park. The following is a transcript of that interview. Interviewers: 1. Yoon Lee, W magazine, (fashion) Korea 2. Patricia Ensworth, Project Management Journal, Newtown Square, PA 3. Margaret Millen (a friend of Christo and Jeanne-Claude) 4. Ivy Farias, Bravo magazine, (general news) Brazil 5. Barbara Sibbald, CMAJ W MAGAZINE: Considering that your projects often take 10 or more years to realize, how do you get your inspiration and how do you motor your passion? JEANNE-CLAUDE: Where we get our inspiration is from our two hearts and two heads. … Never, never other people’s ideas. Many people propose ideas to us and we always answer, “the best way to kill a good idea is to propose it to us because we never do other people’s ideas, we do not do commissions.” We only do what we want and where we want it, how we want it, and not always when we want it [smiles]. CHRISTO: In the Reichstag project [Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971–95] we had to get permission from 37 parties. We had to convince the people responsible for the permits and without that [the projects] would never be realized like the wrapping of the Reichstag and the Pont Neuf [The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975–85], like The Gates [The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005], which took 26 years.
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Public Art, Public Feeling: Contrasting Site-Specific Projects of Christo and Ai Weiwei
Public Art Dialogue ISSN: 2150-2552 (Print) 2150-2560 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rpad20 Public Art, Public Feeling: Contrasting Site-Specific Projects of Christo and Ai Weiwei Erika Doss To cite this article: Erika Doss (2017) Public Art, Public Feeling: Contrasting Site-Specific Projects of Christo and Ai Weiwei, Public Art Dialogue, 7:2, 196-229, DOI: 10.1080/21502552.2017.1343612 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21502552.2017.1343612 Published online: 02 Nov 2017. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 2 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rpad20 Download by: [University of Notre Dame] Date: 09 November 2017, At: 07:58 Public Art Dialogue, 2017 Vol. 7, No. 2, 196–229, https://doi.org/10.1080/21502552.2017.1343612 PUBLIC ART, PUBLIC FEELING: CONTRASTING SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS OF CHRISTO AND AI WEIWEI ERIKA DOSS In the summer of 2016, The Floating Piers opened on Italy’s Lake Iseo, about 100 kilometers east of Milan. Designed by American artist Christo (b. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in 1935 in Bulgaria), the temporary work of art consisted of 5 kilometers of shimmering golden orange fabric, much of it covering a ﬂoating footpath formed from interlocking plastic cubes (Figure 1).1 Linking Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio, small resort communities usually connected only by ferry, The Floating Piers was a free public art project that invited participants to bob, sway, and quite literally “walk on water.” Over 1.2 million people did exactly that during the installation’s 16-day span (June 18 to July 3, 2016), striding along the ﬂoating “yellow brick road” that bridged the two small towns, hugged the rocky shoreline of Lake Iseo, and circled a private island owned by Beretta, the gun makers and arms manufacturers (Figure 2).
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© 2009 Thomson Reuters. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works. 39 CUMLR 749 Page 1 39 Cumb
39 CUMLR 749 Page 1 39 Cumb. L. Rev. 749 Cumberland Law Review 2008-2009 Comment *749 SITE-SPECIFIC ART GETS A BUM WRAP: ILLUSTRATING THE LIMITATIONS OF THE VISUAL ARTISTS RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 THROUGH A STUDY OF CHRISTO AND JEANNE- CLAUDE'S UNIQUE ART Anna Belle Wilder Norton [FN1] Copyright © 2009 Cumberland Law Review; Anna Belle Wilder Norton #We believe that labels are important, but mostly for bottles of wine.$ [FN2] - Christo and Jeanne-Claude Introduction Once called the #Evel Knievel of modern art,$ [FN3] Christo Javacheff has been vilified by art critics for garnering fame and publicity with his large scale art installations. [FN4] After all, few other modern artists would be featured in People magazine under the heading #Tangerine Dream $ with a caption reading, #Christo and Jeanne-Claude are mad about saffron!$ [FN5] The article was referring to The Gates, an art installation displayed in New York City's Central Park in February of 2005 that brought Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude unprecedented notoriety. The Gates consisted of over 7,000 steel structures strategically placed at intervals along the walkways throughout the park, each one festooned with a free- flowing panel of bright orange fabric. [FN6] The piece generated unparalleled revenues throughout New York City during the two-week installation. [FN7] Millions of people visited Central Park; shops, restaurants, and hotels*750 thrived; volunteers passed out swatches of the orange fabric used in the project and members of the Central Park Conservancy sold The Gates hats, mugs, and posters. [FN8] Bruce Willis wore an outrageous bright orange suit on the Late Show with David Letterman, joking that he found the fabric lying around in Central Park.
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PROJECT 1 Christo and Jeanne-Claude 1969
PROJECT 1 Christo and Jeanne-Claude 1969 Wrapped Coast 28 October – 14 December 1969 Little Bay, Sydney Drawings and Collages 22 October – 8 November 1969 Central Street Gallery, Sydney Wool Works 1 – 30 November 1969 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne BIOGRAPHY Husband-and-wife team Christo and Jeanne-Claude are widely known for their public art projects. From 1961, they proposed ambitious alterations of public places. The duo created temporary large- scale environmental works (in both urban and rural settings), often wrapping buildings and landscapes in fabric. In doing so, the artists faced resistance from governments and the public alike. However their ability to build a constituency of supporters allowed them to maintain artistic freedom. Following the death of Jeanne-Claude in 2009, Christo has continued to make work under the name of both artists. FACTS In 1969, Wrapped Coast was the largest single artwork that had ever been made. The work measured 2.5 kilometres in length, between 46 and 244 metres wide, and 26 metres high at the northern cliffs. It took 4 weeks for 15 professional mountain climbers, 100 workers and 11 volunteers to install. The team secured 90,000 square metres (1 million square feet) of erosion-control fabric with 56.3 kilometres of polypropylene rope, 1.5 centimetre in diameter, via 25,000 fasteners, threaded studs and clips. The total cost was estimated at $120,000, but through partnerships and collaborations was realised for much less. The project met great resistance from many locals. People feared environmental damage to the site and potential rubbish blowing across Sydney from the install.
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