CHRISTO [Christo Javacheff] Gabrovo, Bulgarie, 1935- Artiste [Eléments biographiques, source: http://www.beakman.com/christo/ 1935 Christo: Born Christo Javacheff, June 13, Gabrovo, of a Bulgarian industrialist family. 1953-56 Studies at Fine Arts Academy, Sofia. 1956 arrival in Prague. 1957 One semester's study at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy. 1958 Arrival in Paris. Packages and "Wrapped Objects." 1961 Project for the "Wrapping of a Public Building." "Stacked Oil Barrels" and "Dockside Packages" in Cologne Harbor. 1962 "Iron Curtain-Wall of Oil Barrels" blocking Rue Visconti, Paris. "Stacked Oil Barrels" in Gentily, near Paris. "Wrapping a Girl," London. 1963 "Showcases" 1964 Establishment of permanent residence in New York City. "Store Fronts" 1966 "Air Package" and "Wrapped Tree," Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven "42,390 Cubic Feet Package," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis School of Art 1968 "Wrapped Fountain" and "Wrapped Medieval Tower," Spoleto Wrapping of a public building "Kunsthalle Berne" "5,600 Cubicmeter Package," Documenta 4, Kassel (an Air Package 280 feet high with foundations arranged in a 900 foot diameter circle.) "Corridor Store Front," total area: 1,500 square feet. "1,240 Oil Barrels Mastaba," and "Two Tons of Stacked Hay," Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary art, Chicago 1969 "Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art," Chicago "Wrapped Floor and Stairway," 2,800 square feet drop cloths, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago "Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, One Million Square Feet, Sydney, Australia" (erosion control fabric and 36 miles of rope.) Project for Stacked Oil Barrels "Houston Mastaba, Texas, 1,249,000 barrels Project for "Closed Highway" 1970 Wrapped Monuments, Milano: Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza Duomo Monument to Leonardo da Vinci, Piazza Scala 1971 "Wrapped Floors" Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany 1972 "Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin" (in progress) "Valley Curtain, Grand Hogback, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72" Width: 1,250-1,368 feet. Height: 185-365 feet - 200,000 square feet of nylon polyamide; 110,000 lbs of steel cables; 800 tons of concrete. 1974 "The Wall, Wrapped Roman Wall, Via V. Veneto and Villa Borghese, Rome" "Ocean Front, Newport, Rhode Island" 150,000 square feet of floating polypropylene fabric over ocean. 1976 "Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, 1972-76" 18 feet high, 24.5 miles long. Two million square feet of woven nylon fabric, 90 miles of steel cables, 2,050 steel poles (each: 3.5 inch diameter, 212 feet long) 1978 "Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78" 15,000 square yards of woven nylon fabric over 2.8 miles of walkways. 1979 "The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi, Project for United Arab Emirates" (in progress) 1980 "The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City" (in progress) 1983 "Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83" 6.5 million square feet pink woven polypropylene fabric. 1984 "Wrapped Floors and Stairways" of Architecture Museum, Basel, Switzerland. 1985 "The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975-85" 440,000 square feet of woven polyamide fabric, 42,900 feet of rope. 1991 "The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91" 1,340 blue umbrellas in Ibaraki, Japan; 1,760 yellow umbrellas in California, USA Height: 19 ft 8 in., Diameter: 28 ft 6 in. 1992 "Over The River, Project for Western USA" ]
Liens sur le Web |  The art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Chronologie |
 1972, Documenta V | Allemagne, Cassel 1977, Documenta VI | Allemagne, Cassel 1996, Exposition. Jeff KOONS. 'Puppy' | Australie, Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art 1997, Exposition Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France. | France, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou / Mnam 1997, Exposition Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life | USA, New York, Museum of Modern Art 1997, Exposition. Art/Fashion | USA, New York, Guggenheim Museum Soho 1997, Exposition. Plastic Fantastic | Australie, Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art  1997, Irmeline LEBEER, L'Art? C'est une meilleure idée! Entretiens, 1972-1984. | 1999, Exposition. The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect | USA, New York, Museum of Modern Art | |||||||||||||||||
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