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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Official website of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Features photographs and texts about all major projects, early works, and works in progress. Includes biographical and bibliographical information as well as past, current, and upcoming exhibitions.
Christo and Jeanne Claude, born on the same day, worked together in projects.
They're both passed now but I think it's worthwhile for photographers to know what this couple did in our recent lifetimes.
I find that a gripping story. I imagined that I did know something about their work twenty years ago, but I forgot it. Kept me awake last night.
What is/was a "Big Air Package" ? What was "Running Fence"? Most of the images were analog or video or simply memories.
How can a work of art be miles long or a thousand feet high, perhaps pretending to be eternal/archival yet existing only briefly?
Can photographers be as significant as their subjects?
Christo, Fearless Maker of Massive Public Artworks, Has Died at 84
With his partner Jeanne-Claude, he shifted the way public art was made and understood.
