Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Water Projects
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Water Projects
Water Projects presents the complete series of large-scale projects implemented or devised by Christo and Jean-Claude from 1961 to 2016. In addition to the renowned wrapped monuments, from the Kunsthalle in Bern (1967-1968) to the Reichstag in Berlin (1971-1995), the works featured include installations made of barrels and fabrics such as Wall of Oil Barrels: The Iron Curtain (Paris, 1961-1962) and Valley Curtain (Rifle, Colorado, 1970-1972); huge inflatable objects like 42,390 Cubic Feet Package (Minneapolis, 1966) and 5,600 Cubic Meter Package ; the project for Documenta IV (Kassel, 1967-1968); and paths ( Wrapped Walk Ways, Kansas City, 1977-1978) and portals ( The Gates, New York, 1979-2005).Also included are preparatory drawings for Christo’s latest work, Floating Piers (2014-2016), a walkway stretching nearly two miles that connects two small islands in Lake Iseo, in Italy’s Lombardy region, to each other and to the mainland.
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