Christo Wrapped Floor

Christo and jeanne claude wrapped floor and covered windows museum haus lange krefeld germany 1971 photo.

Christo wrapped floor.

The artists requested permission from dr. The museum of contemporary art in chicago was the first public building in the usa wrapped by christo and jeanne claude. Lutz schmidt reuters part of the surprise was that christo who died on sunday aged 84 managed to realise so many of his grandiose projects at all. Christo vladimirov javacheff 1935 2020 and jeanne claude denat de guillebon 1935 2009 known as christo and jeanne claude were artists noted for their large scale site specific environmental installations often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric including the wrapped reichstag the pont neuf wrapped running fence in california and the gates in new york city.

The temporary indoor installation preceded christo s personal exhibition which included preparatory drawings and collages of realized and non realized projects cotton drop cloths were placed on the floor shrouding the entire ground as well as the furnishings and equipment of the. An unrealized project wrapped building project for 1 times square depicts the plans for a massive installation in the heart of new york city one of christo s most ambitious proposals. In conjunction with the project the artists made a complementary work for the interior wrapped floor and stairway. Christo and the wrapped reichstag.

Christo wrapped floors and covered windows project for museum würth künzelsau germany collage 1994 in two parts pencil fabric brown wrapping paper enamel paint pastel photograph by wolfgang volz wax crayon tape and technical data 12 x 30 1 2 and 26 1 4 x 30 1 2 30 5 x 77 5 cm and 66 7 x 77 5 cm. Christo and jeanne claude in 1976 were amoung the original board members of p s 1. In 1970 university students in philadelphia asked christo and jeanne claude to create a work of art to celebrate the first earth day. Wrapped floor and covered windows was completed at galerie art in progress munich on april 1 1978.