Research Catalog

Title

Christo and Jeanne-Claude : Water Projects / Germano Celant ; English translation, Paul Metcalfe.

Author

Celant, Germano

Publication

• Cinisello Balsamo, Milano : Silvana editoriale, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Christo, 1935-2020
• Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009
• Metcalfe, Paul
• Museo di Santa Giulia (Brescia, Italy), host institution.

Description

343 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm

Summary

Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Water Projects, edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with con CVJ Corporation, is the title of the catalogue (published in English and Italian) released on the occasion of the exhibition by the same title, opening in Brescia at the Santa Giulia Museum, April 7, 2016. The catalogue includes Christo and Jeanne-Claude's realized and not realized large-scale projects from 1961 to 2016. Besides the famous wrapped monuments, from the Kunsthalle in Bern (1967-1968) to the Reichstag in Berlin (1971-1995), the publication also includes the barriers made with barrels or with fabric, from Wall of Oil Barrells - The Iron Curtain in Paris (1961-62) to Valley Curtain in Rifle, Colorado (1960-62), the great inflatable objects, from 42,390 Cubic Feet Package of Minneapolis (1966) to 5600 Cubicmeter Package, Project for documenta IV in Kassel (1967-1968), and the fabric pathways, such as Wrapped Walk Ways in Kansas City (1977-1978), or doors, such as The Gates in New York (1979-2005). The seven Water Projects Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installations sharing a connection with water are considered in further depth. In these projects, from Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California (1972-1976) to Over the River, project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado (1992), the artists worked establishing a close connection with natural, suburban and urban landscapes which all share a relation with water, be it an ocean, a sea, a lake or a river. Among the Water Projects we must mention The Floating Piers, an installation opening June 18 to July 3, 2016, which will allow visitors to walk across Lake Iseo and along its shores on a 3-kilometre route. Exhibition: Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy (07.04.-18.09.2016).

Uniform Title

Christo e Jeanne-Claude. English

Alternative Title

• Christo e Jeanne-Claude.
• Water projects

Subject

• Christo, 1935-2020 > Exhibitions
• Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009 > Exhibitions
• Christo, 1935-2020
• Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held in Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, April 7-September 18, 2016.
• "... presents the complete series of larges-scale projects implemented or only devised by the artists from 1961 to 2016"--Page 4 of cover.
• Includes interview with Christo by Germano Celant and excerpts from the artists' writings.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Language (note)

• Text in English.

Contents

Art and architecture on water / Germano Celant -- Water projects / Christo and Germano Celant -- Projects 1961-2016 -- Where : Stacked oil barrels and dockside packages: Cologne Harbor, Germany 1961 -- Wall of oil barrels - the iron curtain: Rue Visconti, Paris, France 1961-1962 -- Wrapped buildings: New York City, New York, USA 1964-1968 -- 42,390 cubic feet package: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 1966 -- Wrapped bridges: Rome, Italy, Sydney Australia, Paris, France 1967-1972 -- Wrapped kunsthalle: Bern, Switzerland 1967-1968 -- 5,600 cubicmeter package: Documenta IV, Kassel, Germany 1967-1968 -- Wrapped fountain and wrapped medieval tower: Spoleto, Italy 1968 -- Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art and wrapped floor and stairway: Chicago, Illinois, USA 1968-1969 -- Wrapped coast, one million square feet: Little Bay, Sydney, Australia 1968-1969 -- Wrapped monuments: Milan, Italy 1970 -- 2000 metres wrapped, inflated pier: Rio de la Plata, Argentina 1970 -- Valley curtain: Rifle, Colorado, USA 1970-1972 -- Running fence: Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, USA 1972-1976 -- The wall - wrapped Roman wall: Via Veneto and Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy 1973-1974 -- Oceanfront: Newport, Rhode Island, USA 1974 -- The Pont Neuf wrapped: Paris, France 1975-1985 -- Wrapped walk ways: Jacob Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 1977-1978 -- The Mastaba, project for the United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates 1977-ongoing -- Surrounded islands: Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, USA 1980-1983 -- The umbrellas: Japan-USA 1983-1991 -- Wrapped floors and stairways and covered windows: Museum Würth, Külzelsau, Germany 1994-1995 -- Wrapped Reichstag: Berlin, Germany 1971-1995 -- Over the river, project for the Arkansas River: State of Colorado, USA 1992-ongoing -- The Daiba Project, project for Odaiba Park: Tokyo Bay, Japan 1996 -- Wrapped trees: Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Switzerland 1997-1998 -- The gates: Central Park, New York City, New York, USA 1979-2005 -- The floating piers: Lake Iseo, Italy 2014-2016 -- When -- List of works -- List of sources -- Appendix : Biography -- Selected solo exhibitions -- Selected bibliography -- Filmography.

Call Number

JQF 17-360

ISBN

• 8836633579
• 9788836633579

OCLC

948548800

Author

Celant, Germano, author.

Title

Christo and Jeanne-Claude : Water Projects / Germano Celant ; English translation, Paul Metcalfe.

Publisher

Cinisello Balsamo, Milano : Silvana editoriale, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Language

Text in English.

Added Author

Christo, 1935-2020, artist.

Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009, artist.

Metcalfe, Paul, translator.

Museo di Santa Giulia (Brescia, Italy), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-360