Place Charles de Gaulle - Paris (France)
Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped" 21/09/2021 18h13
One of the biggest projects of Christo and Jeanne-Claude they both ever made. The Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped" could be seen from September 18 to Sunday, October 3, 2021.
I visited the Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped" two times in this period. This was during an early evening.
Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped"
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped is an artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 2021 that wrapped the Parisian Arc de Triomphe in a silver-blue fabric.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for their wrapping of public monuments, including Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, and The Gates in New York. L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, one of their largest works, will use 25,000 square meters of silver-blue fabric fastened with 3,000 meters of red rope. Its polypropylene fabric.
Christo first thought of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe when he lived nearby in 1961. Actual planning began in 2018 in preparation for a Pompidou Center exhibition. While the show will display documentation of the artists' The Pont-Neuf Wrapped, Christo wanted to work "beyond the exhibition". Governmental approval came easily in comparison to the waits for their prior projects. Initially slated to run for two weeks in April 2020, the work was first delayed until September to accommodate the nesting of kestrel falcons who nest in the monument during the spring and then delayed until September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The work will be self-financed through sales of project documentation, including drawings and models. It will be the first work in their signature style since Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009.
On May 31, 2020 France 24 announced, the project in Paris will be - in accordance with Christo's wishes - continued.
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
[ Wikipedia 2021 ]
Place Charles de Gaulle - Paris (France)
Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped" 21/09/2021 18h13
One of the biggest projects of Christo and Jeanne-Claude they both ever made. The Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped" could be seen from September 18 to Sunday, October 3, 2021.
I visited the Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped" two times in this period. This was during an early evening.
Arc de Triomphe "Wrapped"
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped is an artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 2021 that wrapped the Parisian Arc de Triomphe in a silver-blue fabric.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for their wrapping of public monuments, including Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, and The Gates in New York. L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, one of their largest works, will use 25,000 square meters of silver-blue fabric fastened with 3,000 meters of red rope. Its polypropylene fabric.
Christo first thought of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe when he lived nearby in 1961. Actual planning began in 2018 in preparation for a Pompidou Center exhibition. While the show will display documentation of the artists' The Pont-Neuf Wrapped, Christo wanted to work "beyond the exhibition". Governmental approval came easily in comparison to the waits for their prior projects. Initially slated to run for two weeks in April 2020, the work was first delayed until September to accommodate the nesting of kestrel falcons who nest in the monument during the spring and then delayed until September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The work will be self-financed through sales of project documentation, including drawings and models. It will be the first work in their signature style since Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009.
On May 31, 2020 France 24 announced, the project in Paris will be - in accordance with Christo's wishes - continued.
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
[ Wikipedia 2021 ]