Web26 Jan 2024 · Of all the projects that Christo and Jeanne-Claude have realized together, The Gates is probably the most exciting project for photographers. With 7,500 gates, the Central Park in New York City became a massive temporary work of art in February 2005. For me as a photographer, this was a great challenge to photograph and document. WebFor sixteen days in 2005 The Gates tempted millions of people to visit Central Park. The 7,500 structures in this epic public artwork – “gates” holding saffron-colored fabric – lined 23 winding miles through the iconic park. ... In 2004, Christo and Jeanne-Claude were quoted as saying, “All our work is about freedom. Nobody can buy ...
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Web6 Apr 2024 · The Gates cost 21 million dollars and both the artists and the supporting institutions (the City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy) were quick to emphasize that Christo and Jeanne-Claude financed the project themselves and that the installation was free to the public. WebThis exhibition documents the evolution of the widely anticipated outdoor work of art The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005, conceived by the husband-and-wife collaborators Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Scheduled for presentation during sixteen days in February 2005, the completed project will consist of more than seven thousand ... losing feeling in the legs
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WebThe Gates was a site-specific, public work of art conceived by Christo and his wife and collaborator of many decades, Jeanne-Claude, and installed on twenty-three miles of pathways in New York’s Central Park from February 12-27, 2005. WebChristo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same day, June 13, 1935; Christo in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They first met in Paris in October 1958 when Christo painted a portrait of Jeanne-Claude's mother. They then fell in love through creating art work together. WebChristo and Jeanne-Claude have an extraordinary ability to capture the popular imagination with their vast, exuberant wrappings of iconic buildings and objects. The Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin in 1995 was the culmination of 25 years of fundraising (entirely from the sale of their own preparatory drawings and collages), political lobbying and planning – an … losing feet to diabetes