Christo (1935-2020)

[DonRocks]

"Christo, Fearless Maker of Massive Public Artworks, Dies at 84" by Alex Greenberger on artnews.com

[Tweaked]

I was just about to post about his passing. It should be noted that while Christo was the more famous name, his wife Jeanne-Claude was an equal partner in their art work. And they retroactively re-credited all their projects Christo and Jeanne-Claude. She passed in 2009. 

[MarkS]

I was fortunate see see their Barrel sculpture in London's Hyde Park in 2018 along with sketches of similar structures.  The sculpture was 7500 barrels arranged in a pyramid.  Very impressive.

[deangold]

We saw thier umbrellas in California which didn't read like much.

The gates in Central Park were amazing and worth the trip to see them. at first, our reaction was is this really it? But as we saw m ore and more, it got breathtaking. Thank you to Chriso and Jeanne-Claude.

And remember that they spent much more time getting permissions and fund raising than doing their art. The art of making art is a hard business. 

[Marty L.]

On 6/3/2020 at 1:40 PM, deangold said:

We saw thier umbrellas in California which didn't read like much.

The gates in Central Park were amazing and worth the trip to see them. at first, our reaction was is this really it? But as we saw m ore and more, it got breathtaking. Thank you to Chriso and Jeanne-Claude.

And remember that they spent much more time getting permissions and fund raising than doing their art. The art of making art is a hard business. 

The Central Park Gates was an extraordinary experience.

[deangold]

11 hours ago, Marty L. said:

The Central Park Gates was an extraordinary experience.

We entered in a spot with just a few distantly spaced gates. "We came up for this?" But then we followed the path we were on and then there were more and finally we came into an open field and there were massive numbers. Seeing people just turning around with looks of wonderment on their faces.