Christo and Jeanne-Claude: In/Out Studio

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Christo (born 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) have created probably the most most visually breathtaking works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Their projects have traversed and transcended the boundaries of painting, sculpture and architecture. This lavishly designed, epic volume brings together a wealth of archival material and photographic documentation to provide an intimate in the back of-the-scenes view of the monumental installations with which the couple have dazzled the public. Photographs portraying the artists at work are supplemented by pictures of all their major projects–Wrapped Coast (1968–69), Valley Curtain (1970–72), Running Fence (1972–76), Surrounded Islands (1980–83), The Pont Neuf Wrapped (1975–85), The Umbrellas (1984–91), Wrapped Reichstag (1971–95) and The Gates (1979–2005)–in addition to reproductions of drawings, collages and objects. Matthias Koddenberg, art historian and close friend of the artists, spent many years compiling the more than 250 most commonly unpublished photographs and illustrations assembled here. Many of them show works that were up to now unknown or thought lost, including early drawings and paintings dating back to when Christo used to be still studying art in Bulgaria. Others document temporary sculptures–Wrapped Woman (1962, 1963 and 1968), Wrapped Volkswagen (1963) and Wrapped Tree (1966 and 1969)–or works that were intentionally destroyed and only continue to exist as photographs. The publication used to be put together in close collaboration with Christo and includes documentation by renowned photographers such as Ugo Mulas, Enzo Sellerio, Harry Shunk and János Kender, Charles Wilp and Wolfgang Volz, who has documented all the artists’ projects since 1971, at the side of photos by associates and friends in addition to pictures from the artists’ private archives.

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