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“Christo lived his life as optimally as he could. Not only did he dream about what seemed impossible, but he also realized it, ”said a statement on the artist’s official Facebook page. “Christo and Jeanne-Claude brought people together from all over the world. Their work lives on in our hearts and minds. ”
A planned work of art to pack the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 2021 is still ongoing, it is reported on the Facebook page.
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Christo would still come to Paris.
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From Bulgaria to New York
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, as his full name was, was born in the Bulgarian city of Gabrovo in 1935. In 1958 he met his wife Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, in that year he also made his first wrapping art. They married in 1962 and moved their son to New York two years later, where they lived for the rest of their lives.
Christo became an American citizen in 1973. His wife died in 2009.
The art project The Gates, in Central Park in New York.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude became world famous for their art. They were known for packing large objects, buildings, bridges and even islands. The last work that Christo completed was the Mastaba in Lake Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park in 2018. The Reichstag was also packed.
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Almost all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work was temporary. For example, the two erected a 39-kilometer fence in California, called the Running Fence, in 1976. The development and construction of the work took four years. After fourteen days they removed the work and there was no trace of it. The Pont Neuf bridge in Paris was also temporarily shrouded in dust by the artists, which happened in 1985.
It was important to Christo and Jeanne-Claude that they were both named as the artists behind their joint work. The packing led to the abstraction of the objects or buildings. They wanted their art to be accessible to everyone and they hoped to get people to see the world in a different way.
