CHRISTO WHO?

The Gates
Feb 2005 – Central Park
The work of art consisted of
7503 16-foot-high vinyl gates
with saffron-colored fabric
panels on twenty-three miles of
the Park`s walkways.

CHristo and Jean-Claude –

“Although their work is visually impressive and often
controversial as a result of its scale, the artists
have repeatedly denied that their projects contain
any deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic.
The purpose of their art, they contend, is simply to
make the world a "more beautiful place" or to create
new ways of seeing familiar landscapes.”
Wrapped Trees, Switzerland

Art critic David Bourdon has described Christo's wrappings as a "revelation through
concealment."
 Wrapped Island
Miami

To his critics Christo replies, "I am an artist, and I have to have courage ... Do you know
that I don't have any artworks that exist? They all go away when they're finished. Only
the sketches are left, giving my works an almost legendary character. I think it takes
much greater courage to create things to be gone than to create things that will remain."[
Wrapped Valley
Colorado
Running Fences, California
Pont Neuf, Paris
Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
Wrapped Walkways
Kansas City, MS
Drawings for a wrapped Arc de
Triumphe and wrapped trees along the
Champs Elysses, in Paris
 You can even get Christo
Smaller Wrapped Stuff wrapped roses!!

Drawings
PROBLEM: Wrap an object the size of a softball or larger in fabric,
paper, or tape. Leave a small portion of the object revealed to keep the viewer
guessing as to what it is.

Create a drawing of this wrapped object using any media you wish – charcoal,
conte pencils, chalk, graphite, oil pastel, watercolor, acrylic, oil. Keep it black
and white OR use color.

Use strong light to show the ripples and folds of the wrapping. Make sure to
set up your light in the same spot EVERYDAY.

The size of this drawing should be 18 x 24.

Other wrapped
stuff…