وصف الكتاب | The works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are monuments of transience. Gigantic in scale, they are always temporary, created to exist only for a limited time and to leave unique, unrepeatable impressions. "From the smallest of the Packages made in Paris in the early 1960s, to the delicate pattern of hundreds of branches embraced by a translucent fabric veil... in Christo and Jeanne-Claude's works there is nothing abstract, nothing imagined; it is all there--corporeal and tangible." (Lorenza Giovanelli) Part biography, part critical analysis, part catalogue, this updated edition brings back TASCHEN's best-selling Collector's Edition. It spans Christo and Jeanne-Claude's entire work, from early drawings and family photos to plans for future projects. Hundreds of photographs and original works trace the couple's projects from the past 10 years, including The Floating Piers and The London Mastaba, as well as works in progress such as The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates and L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped, Paris. Together with the comprehensive photographic documentation by Wolfgang Volz this book is a celebration of the work of two artists whose imagination has affected the landscape of every continent. |
عن المؤلف | Los artistas Christo y Jeanne-Claude, ambos nacidos el 13 de junio de 1935, llevan colaborando desde 1961. Vivieron en Nueva York desde 1964. Jeanne-Claude falleció en 2009. Christo falleció en 2020. Sus proyectos a gran escala incluyen Wrapped Coast, Australia, 1968-1969, Valley Curtain, Grand Hogback, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-1972, Running Fence, Condados de Sonoma y Marin, California, 1972-1976, Surrounded Islands, Bahía Biscayne, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-1983, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, París, 1975-1985, The Umbrellas, Japón-Estados Unidos, 1984-1991, Wrapped Reichstag, Berlín, 1971-1995, Wrapped Trees, Riehen, Suiza, 1997-1998, The Gates, Central Park, Nueva York, 1979-2005, The Floating Piers, Lago Iseo, Italia, 2014-2016, The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-2018 y L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961-2021.Wolfgang Volz trabaja con Christo y Jeanne-Claude desde 1971 y fue director de proyecto (junto con Roland Specker) en Wrapped Reichstag y (junto con Josy Kraft) en Wrapped Trees. Ha estado a cargo de The Wall, 13,000 Oil Barrels, 1998-99 y Big Air Package, Gasometer Oberhausen, 2010-13. Es el fotógrafo exclusivo de las obras de Christo y Jeanne-Claude. Esta estrecha colaboración ha dado lugar a numerosos libros y a más de trescientas exposiciones en museos y galerías de todo el mundo. |