Christo and Jeanne-Claude - FB

The presence of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, guests of the 5th edition of the Florence Biennale and recipients of the International "Lorenzo il Magnifico" Lifetime Achievement Award, aroused great enthusiasm. The conference given by the two artists was particularly appreciated by participating artists and visitors, accompanied by projections on a large screen that illustrated their fascinating yet complex work, through unpublished drawings of the Over the River project.

Land Art, wrapping, environmental and
civic art

Thanks to their commitment to the environment and their collaboration in various urban projects, the artists Christo Vladimirov Yavachev and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon have become some of the most well-known and important contemporary artists. Husband and wife were both born on 13 June 1935: Christo in Bulgaria, Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They met and married in Paris in 1958. Since 1961 they have created various installations in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are considered to be among the most important exponents of the Land Art movement, and more specifically as proponents of the art of wrapping. The distinctive feature of their work is the creation of interventions using fabric sheets, used to "wrap" the most diverse elements: starting with chairs and tables, moving on to cars and ending with entire buildings or open spaces.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude's environmental and civic art projects have placed them among the most well-known and influential contemporary artists. As innovative as their art is the solution they have found to obtain the necessary funding to realise their projects: in order to maintain their artistic and intellectual independence, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have never accepted contributions or sponsorship. The costs of the installations are almost entirely covered by the proceeds from the sale of Christo's works, especially his preparatory drawings and scale models.

Among their most famous interventions are Surrounded Islands (1983), the islands of Biscayne Bay in Miami are surrounded by a belt of fuchsia polypropylene fabric, the packing of the Pont Neuf in Paris (1985) and the Reichstag in Berlin (1995), and The Gates (2005), a 37-km path through New York's Central Park.


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