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About This Lot Christo’s "wrapped" objects explored the transformative effect fabric or polyethylene material can have when wrapped around familiar objects such as an armchair, a Volkswagen car, or as ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin, 1971–95) will be on view at the National Gallery, Kvadrat 500, 1, 19th February Street, St. Alexander Nevsky Square,1000 ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Wrapped Payphone is a sculpture published in a small edition of 30 by Edition Schellmann in 1988. Evocative of Christo's early wrapped objects, such as Wrapped Telephone ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Trees (1997–98), Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Switzerland. Photo: by Wolfgang Volz, ©1998 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation.
Jeanne-Claude and Christo, however, resent being labelled the "wrapping artists." "Please, please don't perpetuate that absurd idea like so many journalists still do," implores Jeanne-Claude.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are celebrated for their monumental temporary art installations that transformed iconic landmarks. Among their other famous works are 'Wrapped Reichstag' (1995), which ...
In 2005, Christo installed more than 7,500 saffron-colored vinyl gates in New York's Central Park. He and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin in fabric with an aluminum sheen in 1995.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Wrapped Reichstag. 1995 Credit: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2022 Alastair Sooke Chief Art Critic 14 November 2023 11:21am GMT ...
It was the work of Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, the European artists who had wrapped the Reichstag building in Berlin, the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris and run a billowing, tall white nylon ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s ‘L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped’ Will Be Recycled for 2024 Paris Olympics: “This is a very fine example of the art world’s ability to adapt to climate challenges." ...