Christo And Jeanne-Claude: An Authorized Biography: A Biography - Brossura

Chernow, Burt; Volz, Wolfgang

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ISBN 10: 031234094X ISBN 13: 9780312340940

Casa editrice: Griffin, 2005

Riassunto

Presents an intimate portrait of the husband-and-wife team responsible for such notorious projects as "Surrounded Islands," in which they wrapped eleven islands in Biscayne Bay, Florida, in hot pink fabric, and "Pont Neuf Wrapped, " when they covered a famous Parisian monument, bringing to life these innovative artists' ability to challenge our views of the world by giving us wrapped creations of extraordinary size and beauty. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Burt Chernow lectured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and was a professor of art history at Housatonic College in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was also the founder and Director Emeritus of the Housatonic Museum of Art. The author of many books and essays, he died in 1997.

Wolfgang Volz's photographs have appeared in Art, GEO, Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Life, and Time magazines. He has worked with Christo and Jeanne-Claude since 1972 and is the exclusive photographer of their work. He was also technical director of the project to wrap the Reichstag. He lives with his wife, Sylvie, in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"Christo and Jeanne-Claude are as much adventurers and gamblers as artists. They love the action. There is something of the mischievous child in them, devising then accepting their own near-impossible dares. They are guerrillas dedicated to subversion, their schemes greeted with disbelief. Perhaps they find perverse delight in watching jaws drop as people hear of their plans to build a fabric-covered processional through their hometown park, surround islands with flaming pink fabric, construct a gargantum structure in the desert, or wrap a bridge, monument, or government building. Taking on greater odds, their ideas appear simultaneously familiar and wildly alien, evident yet enormously complicated, obvious but rich in ironic subtexts."
— Burt Chernow

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• Editore: Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 031234094X
• ISBN 13: 9780312340940
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 390