Posted on 05/31/2020 3:33:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Bulgarian-born artist Christo, best known for wrapping buildings and famous landmarks in fabric or plastic, has died at his home in New York, aged 84.
He passed away of natural causes on Sunday, according to a statement posted on the artist's official Facebook page.
Christo, who always worked with his wife Jeanne-Claude, famously covered the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont-Neuf in Paris with reams of cloth.
His artworks "brought people together" around the world, the statement says.
"Christo lived his life to the fullest, not only dreaming up what seemed impossible, but realising it," it reads, adding that the couple's art "lives on in our hearts and memories".
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What are they wrapping him in?
I remember this guy from way back in Miami
Over the top but an artist,
RIP Cristo
I remember his “umbrellas” on the landscape in the early 1990’s in California.
The landscape looked better in it’s natural state.
Plus, one of those umbrellas fell on a woman and killed her.
I once drove up I-5 from LA to see their display of large umbrellas. I enjoyed it, and wish I could have seen some of their other displays.
I remember him. An international Kook, who somehow got permission and financing for his ‘fabric sculptures’.
We don’t have many characters today approaching this level of being original. Elon Musk is someone who comes close.
He doesn’t insult my sensibilities like some artists. RIP.
Wow! I met him back in 1971, he stayed at my college dorm.
“reams of cloth”
smh
In college I had to take an art class. The professor was talking about this guy and I said Something like this is just weird, And I don’t get it. The professor said, “It’s art!” To which most of the class dutifully shook their heads and agreed.
Sorry, no, it’s weird.
To come up with the ideas is weird. Normal people would just figure, “Wow, that’s kind of wacky.”
To actually work so hard to make them reality takes it to another level.
I guess I’m just too right brain dominant to have much appreciation for his works.
Give me a nice painting, sculpture, or pottery. Even a well done photograph is art I can appreciate.
I think it was called “Surrounded Islands”, he wrapped a bunch of tiny spoil islands in Biscayne Bay with a multitude of different colors.
It was actually pretty cool, along with the revival of the Art Deco District, it was a very ‘80s S. Florida thing, Miami was booking.
“booking”, smdh, booming, it was booming, lol.
We walked thru Central Park and ended up meeting him an his wife. Very interesting.
His art was something that only a modern, industrialized society could realize. Part of art and what makes an object a piece of art is the chutzpah to do it. It was art if only to prove and show such things could be done.
RIP.
Same here.
I saw his Rifle Gap Curtain before the winds ripped it apart.
Yeah, I don’t know how we will ever get along with out him.
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