Saffron Gates by Christo and Jeanne Claude
I would love to be in NYC in the next couple of weeks. The website reads, "The Gates will be unfurled in Central Park, New York City on February 12, 2005, weather permitting, and will remain through February 27, 2005."
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's latest project is going to be in New York's Central Park and it promises to be amazing (see more photos). Christo and Jeanne- Claude became famous for their larger than life temporary exhibits in the 1960's. Some say their art is garish, and some claim that it is not art at all. They create on such an enormous scale, that their designs are typically very simple; and while some people dismiss simplicity, the beauty they create cannot be mistaken for anything but art. The exhibits are grand in scale and temporary in nature, and I think that is part of the wonder of their art. Looking at their body of work over the last 4 decades, it is clear that their vision allows us to see beauty that we would otherwise miss.
There is a Saffron Gates blog of the work in progress.
2 comments:
I would love to be NYC too!!!
My cousin, who lives in NYC emailed me 11 pictures of this exhibit that she and her husband had taken. Her description of the pictures in the email said "the pictures are better than the real thing". I find that hard to believe. Perhaps she has turned into one of those jaded New Yorkers we hear about. Too bad. I would still like to be there and see it.
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