By: cristinacristinacristina
i came across the Wrapped Reichstag back when i was in undergrad, working on a studio project involving installations. i just remember being incredibly effected by the idea and i often come back to it...
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I met them, very briefly, in Charleston in the early 90s. I had gone to see a friend, one of my former art professors, who played in a jazz band. When the band finished, we sat down for a beer and he...
View ArticleBy: dirtdirt
So sad. I was living in New York when The Gates were there. The scale of it, in which this massive, massive overlay was placed in an already overwhelming and beautiful work of art (Central Park...
View ArticleBy: sio42
my very first thought was of the coffin or her body somehow wrapped in bright orange plastic, but not tightly, just like a huge oversized ball of crumpled paper with her in the middle. i don't mean...
View ArticleBy: jcruelty
Also wanted to shout out Calvin Tomkins's New Yorker article on Christo/Jeanne-Claude-- shame it's paywalled, cos it's a fascinating read. I started it thinking 'Oh Christo, that guy who wraps things...
View ArticleBy: Herodios
One more thing. Whenever I visit my relatives in Southern Ohio, I pass a housing development with a sign that reads "Christo Homes". I've never driven back there to look, but naturally I always...
View ArticleBy: Herodios
One function of art is to help us see familiar things differently. Public art, doubly so. I've observed their work for years, going back at least to the wrapped coastline in Australia, and honestly...
View ArticleBy: wreckingball
Public art is such a minefield for those who make it. Given the vast quantities of money and miles of red tape to cut through required in order to produce a work, very, very few people have the stamina...
View ArticleBy: carter
This is sad of course, but if anyone's was, this was a life well lived. I have never seen any of their works, although I have always wanted to, both to see the art, and also to see peoples' reactions...
View ArticleBy: stammer
In the documentary about the construction of the Running Fence, there's a nice moment when two of the local farmers are standing next to the completed work, trying to puzzle out their own feelings...
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