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Christo et Jeanne-Claude : barils = barrels

Title
Christo et Jeanne-Claude : barils = barrels / édité par Olivier Kaeppelin ; avec le soutien de Matthias Koddenberg ; traductions, Lisa Dumont [and three others].
Author
Christo, 1935-2020
Publication
  • Dortmund, Allemagne : Verlag Kettler ; Paris, France : L'Arche Éditeur, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009
  • Kaeppelin, Olivier
  • Koddenberg, Matthias
  • Fondation Maeght, host institution.
Description
188 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 cm
Summary
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are renowned, above all, for their temporary, monumental interventions in landscapes and cities. Fabric is a defining feature of their projects, which they use to wrap, conceal or otherwise manipulate buildings or landscapes. The oil barrel sculptures and installations which they created since the beginning of their careers are just as numerous, though less well known. In the late 1950s, Christo started to wrap used oil drums which he had found on scrapyards or bought cheaply at recycling sites. Later, he began piling up the untreated oil drums to form ever larger structures. The largest project of this kind to date is a giant sculpture made up of 410,000 oil drums in the desert of the United Arab Emirates. The project has been developing since 1977, and ever since the death of Jeanne-Claude in 2009 Christo has continued it on his own. This book, published to accompany the large exhibition at Fondation Maeght in the south of France, shows many photos and pictures of works, some of which have never been published before. They offer a comprehensive insight into Christo and Jeanne-Claude's oil drum projects. Significantly, it contains a detailed documentation of a sculpture specially created by Christo for the famous Giacometti courtyard at Fondation Maeght. Exhibition: Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (04.06. - 27.11.2016).
Alternative Title
  • Barils
  • Barrels
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, June 4 - November 27, 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Parallel texts in English and French.
Call Number
JQF 17-1479
ISBN
  • 9783862065837
  • 3862065839
  • 9782851819086
  • 2851819089
LCCN
9783862065837
OCLC
957714925
Author
Christo, 1935-2020, artist, interviewee.
Title
Christo et Jeanne-Claude : barils = barrels / édité par Olivier Kaeppelin ; avec le soutien de Matthias Koddenberg ; traductions, Lisa Dumont [and three others].
Publisher
Dortmund, Allemagne : Verlag Kettler ; Paris, France : L'Arche Éditeur, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Parallel texts in English and French.
Added Author
Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009, artist.
Kaeppelin, Olivier, editor, interviewer.
Koddenberg, Matthias, editor.
Fondation Maeght, host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
9783862065837
Research Call Number
JQF 17-1479
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