Jeanne-Claude
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"In the Winter of 2005, the world watched as renowned artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude unfurled The Gates in New York City. Suddenly Central Park had become something new; it had become the home for the largest work of art ever created for the largest of American cities -- art that stretched for 23 miles."
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Each was born on the same day in 1935, and this unusual artist couple worked together until Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009, changing the art world in the process. For their dramatic large-scale installations such as 'The Gates' in NYC's Central Park, 'Wrapped Reichstag' in Berlin, and 'Running Fence' in Sonoma and Marin counties, California, they enveloped buildings and entire landscapes in various materials, revealing at...
Publisher
Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Explores the fascinating, often hilarious, and always enigmatic world of artist and underground icon Ray Johnson whose mysterious suicide frames the film. He was considered a genius whose collages have been exhibited in major museums around the world.
4) The gates
Publisher
Distributed by Lorber HT Digital
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Starting with an original attempt in 1979, this film documents the ambitions, planning, and ultimate achievement of Christo's project to install a series of cloth-hung gates in Central Park. The film follows the artists Christo and Jeanne Claude and they navigate through various meetings, arguments, facing an opposing host of city officials, private representatives, artists, and citizens. Over 20 years later the artists fulfill their hope of creating...