Erano nati lo stesso giorno: il 13 giugno del 1935. Una coincidenza da favola, come da favola il loro incontro a Parigi nel 1958 e il connubio che da quel momento è stato indissolubile. Arte e vita si sono intrecciate fino a confondersi nei cinquant’anni trascorsi insieme, fino alla scomparsa di Jeanne-Claude nel 2009. Molti i progetti realizzati, ancora di più quelli mancati. Un contributo all’arte contemporanea non quantificabile. Ora che anche Christo è venuto a mancare, rimane solo un ultimo capitolo di questa incredibile storia: l’impacchettamento dell’Arco di Trionfo di Parigi. Finirà dove tutto è iniziato, sempre che una tale opera contempli un reale epilogo.
Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages, Cologne Harbor, 1961
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Wall of Oil Barrels – The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62
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42,390 Cubic Feet Package, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1966
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Wrapped Fountain and Wrapped Medieval Tower, Spoleto, Italy, 1968
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Wrapped Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, 1967-68
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5,600 Cubicmeter Package, documenta IV, Kassel, 1967-68
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Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art and Wrapped Floor and Stairway, Chicago, 1968-69
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Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1968-69
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Wrapped Monuments, Milan, Italy, 1970
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Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72
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The Wall – Wrapped Roman Wall, Via Veneto and Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy, 1973-74
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Ocean Front, Newport, Rhode Island, 1974
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Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972-76
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Wrapped Walk Ways, Jacob Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78
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Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83
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The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975-85
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The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91
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Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95
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Wrapped Trees, Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Switzerland, 1997-98
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The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-05
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The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014-16
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Arch of Triumph, Paris, 2021 (?)
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