christo

     

Christo (born as Christo Vlaimirov Javacheff, Bulgarian: Христо Явашев) and Jeanne-Claude (born as Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon) are a married couple who create environmental installation art. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, the 24-mile-long curtain called Running Fence in Marin and Sonoma counties in California, and most recently The Gates in New York City's Central Park.

Trivia about christo

  • In 1972 he spread a 200,000 square-foot curtain across a mountain valley in Colorado
  • In 1983 this Bulgarian-born artist surrounded 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with floating pink fabric
  • In 1983 this Bulgarian-born American encircled 11 islands off Florida with 6 million sq. ft. of pink polypropylene
  • Javacheff is the last name of this Bulgarian-born "wrap" artist
  • In 1983 he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic
  • This "wrap" artist & his wife Jeanne-Claude used more than 1 million square feet of fabric to wrap the Reichstag
  • You might become a "wrap artist"--not like Coolio, but like this man who wrapped the Reichstag in fabric

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