Wednesday, January 20, 2010

cristo and jeanne-claude

"Christo and Jeanne-Claude met in Paris, France in November, 1958, sharing the same date of birth and have worked together for 51 years creating temporary works of art."

i find it interesting that all their work was funded by their own pocket, they did not accept donations or sponsorship for any of it. that is a lot of fabric to buy.

you can read much more on their website, i especially recommend reading the "common errors" section!

cristo and jeanne-claude
wrapped coast, australia 1968-69

cristo and jeanne-claude
wrapped monuments, milan 1970

cristo and jeanne-claude
running fence, california 1972-76

cristo and jeanne-claude
surrounded islands, miami 1980-83

cristo and jeanne-claude
pont neuf wrapped, paris 1975-85

cristo and jeanne-claude

cristo and jeanne-claude
wrapped reichstag, berlin 1971-95

cristo and jeanne-claude
wrapped trees, switzerland 1997-98

4 comments:

TERI REES WANG said...

June 13th:
Day of the Far-Off Adventure.

They share the same date as Irish icon and mystic, W.B Yeats.

Wild wonders with no bounds.

Ally said...

I love their work, it is captivating and sublime. I really like their explainations of the work as well and reading about how they work together, it's fascinating. Thanks for posting this!

-h said...

Yes that is a lot of fabric. I wonder how they funded all this.
Now that I'm looking at it, my house looked like that when it was being fumigated, except less chic of course...

style, substance & sutton said...

I cannot wait for "over the river"! amazing work