"A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."
~George Moore

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Valley Curtain
1970-1972
Rifle, Colorado
 The installation was only up for 28 hours due to the threat of 60 mph winds. 
Imagine the impact this piece would have on a person upon approaching it.


Gates
 Drawing/ Map
2004
Central Park, New York
 1979-2005
7,503 panels
covered 23 miles of walkway


Wrapped Trees
1997-1998
Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park
Riehen, Switzerland
 
"The branches of the Wrapped Trees pushed the translucent fabric outward and created dynamic volumes of light and shadow and moving in the wind with new forms and surfaces shaped by the ropes on the fabric."

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