Christo Wrapped Floor

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.

Christo wrapped floor.

Evan turner director of the philadelphia museum to realize wrapped stairway floor and walls at the philadelphia museum of art in the museum s grand entrance with the. 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. Wrapped floor and covered windows was completed at galerie art in progress munich on april 1 1978. In 1970 university students in philadelphia asked christo and jeanne claude to create a work of art to celebrate the first earth day.

Christo and the wrapped reichstag. 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. The artists requested permission from dr. Christo and jeanne claude wrapped floor and covered windows museum haus lange krefeld germany 1971 photo.

For the wrapped floor and covered windows the artists covered the floor of the auditorium with house painters cotton fabric drop cloths. For wrapped floor and stairway museum of contemporary art chicago 1968 69 christo and jeanne claude draped the interior lower gallery which had been cleared and painted white with 2 800 square feet of off white cotton dropcloth secured with ropes. 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. In conjunction with the project the artists made a complementary work for the interior wrapped floor and stairway.