Main entry:

Christo, 1935-2020.

Title & Author:

Christo and Jeanne-Claude : urban projects / Matthias Koddenberg, Laure Martin-Poulet, texts.

Publication:

Dortmund : Verlag Kettler ; New York : D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers, ©2017.

Description:

216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 30 cm + 1 supplement (32 unnumbered pages)

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the ING Art Center, Brussels, October 25, 2017 - February 25, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's alternative architecture / Matthias Koddenberg -- "Drawing is a path toward reality": Christo 2016 / Laure Martin-Poulet. Catalog : Early projects: Europe -- Early projects: USA -- Wrapped monuments, city walls, and bridges -- The Pont Neuf wrapped -- Wrapped Reichstag -- Nature in the city -- Walking the city -- The gates -- Urban projects: realized. List of works -- Colophon.

Summary:

"Christo (born 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) have always compared their work to that of urban planners. And it is true that the projects they have carried out around the world since the 1960s not only have huge dimensions but are also at the center of public debates and disputes. The very fact that their projects are subject to approval by local authorities makes them sometimes resemble public construction projects more than works of art. For the first time, this book gives a comprehensive account of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's urban projects. It presents preparatory drawings, collages and models for many little-known works from the artists' early career, some of which were never carried out, such as the planned wrapping of several New York City skyscrapers, as well as the spectacular large-scale projects of later years, such as the wrapping of the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris in 1985, the wrapping of the Reichstag building in Berlin in 1995 and the 2005 installation The Gates in New York's Central Park. In two detailed essays, the authors of the book explore Christo's extraordinary talent for drawing and investigate the artists' ambivalent perspective on urban space, which oscillates between a powerful critique of the city's impersonal modernism and a tribute to the liberal, democratic use of urban areas"--Publisher's website

ISBN:

9783862066797 (Kettler ; hd. bd.)
3862066797 (hd. bd.)
9781942884255 (D.A.P. ; hd. bd.)
1942884257

Subject:

Christo, 1935-2020 Exhibitions.
Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009 Exhibitions.
Christo.
Jeanne-Claude.
Christo, 1935-2020
Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009
Site-specific art Exhibitions.
Œuvres in situ Expositions.
Site-specific art

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009.
Koddenberg, Matthias.
Martin-Poulet, Laure.
ING Art Center.

Urban projects
Supplement title: Life and work

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300351
Call No.: BIB 246532
Status: Available