Art-Bulgaria

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff was a Bulgarian contemporary artist who is known for his large-scale environmental artworks. He created these site-specific art installations with his partner and wife Jeanne-Claude Denat and they were also known as ‘’Christo and Jeanne-Claude’’. They were noted for wrapping iconic landmarks in fabric, such as the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin, and temporarily altering land and cityscapes, such as the 11 islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work has been considered controversial. However, they insisted that the only purpose of their projects was ‘’joy and beauty’’. Moreover, many of the installations took decades to be prepared. For example, ‘’The Floating Piers" project on Italy's Lake Iseo was realized in 2016 (7 years after Jeanne-Claude’s death), although she and Christo imagined this work of art in 1970.  Recently (from September 18 to October 3, 2021) the project ‘’L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’’ was on view. It is the first artwork which was realized after Christo’s death in 2020.

You can find more information on these artists and their artworks, here: https://christojeanneclaude.net/

Photos taken from: https://christojeanneclaude.net/

Picture 1: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Picture 2: L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped

Picture 3: The London Mastaba

Picture 4: The Gates

Picture 5: The Pont-Neuf Wrapped

Picture 6: The Surrounded Islands

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