Christo

1935 , Gabrovo  –  2020 , New York City

Christo, together with Jeanne-Claude, achieved international recognition with monumental projects in which buildings and landscapes were temporarily wrapped or radically transformed. Their best-known projects include Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin, The Pont Neuf Wrapped in Paris and The Gates in Central Park, New York.

Alongside these temporary projects, Christo produced drawings, collages, models and editions in which ideas for realised and unrealised projects were developed. These works reveal the process behind installations that often took years to prepare and form an independent part of his oeuvre.

works

Der Spiegel Magazine Empaqueté, 1963
Assemblage with magazine, transparent plastic film, cord and adhesive tape
30 × 13 × 2,5 cm
Edition of 130
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Lower Manhattan Wrapped Building, Project for 2 Broadway, 20 Exchange Place, 1990
Colour lithograph and collage on paper, mounted on cardboard
102 × 66 cm
E. 125