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PUBLISHER
D.A.P./Verlag Kettler

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.25 in. / 216 pgs / 135 color / 65 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Out of stock indefinitely

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2018 p. 16   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9781942884255 TRADE
List Price: $65.00 CDN $87.00

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects

Edited with text by Matthias Koddenberg. Text by Laure Martin-Poulet.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects

Iconic images from 50 years of transforming cities

Christo (born 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) have always compared their work to that of urban planners. And it is true that the projects they have carried out around the world since the 1960s not only have huge dimensions but are also at the center of public debates and disputes. The very fact that their projects are subject to approval by local authorities makes them sometimes resemble public construction projects more than works of art.

For the first time, this book gives a comprehensive account of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s urban projects. It presents preparatory drawings, collages and models for many little-known works from the artists’ early career, some of which were never carried out, such as the planned wrapping of several New York City skyscrapers, as well as the spectacular large-scale projects of later years, such as the wrapping of the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris in 1985, the wrapping of the Reichstag building in Berlin in 1995 and the 2005 installation The Gates in New York’s Central Park. In two detailed essays, the authors of the book explore Christo’s extraordinary talent for drawing and investigate the artists’ ambivalent perspective on urban space, which oscillates between a powerful critique of the city’s impersonal modernism and a tribute to the liberal, democratic use of urban areas.


Featured image is reproduced from 'Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects.'

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

New York Times

Liza Foreman

includes more than a dozen ideas that were never completed -- a tantalizing opportunity to imagine great works of art that never existed....complex and fascinating.

Introspective

Hilarie M. Sheets

The public art projects masterminded by this ingeniously creative duo have commanded crowds from New York to Berlin, Chicago to Paris.

Dazed

Miss Rosen

Stunning...the first volume to give a comprehensive account of their work inside cities around the globe.

Public Art Review

In addition to the artists’ well-known later works, this book shows drawings, models, and plans for many earlier and little-known projects—some of which were never carried out.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects

STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely.

CHRISTO & JEANNE CLAUDE MONOGRAPHS + ARTIST'S BOOKS

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE: PRINTS AND OBJECTS

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775748834
USD $50.00
| CAN $70

Pub Date: 7/6/2021
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Cahiers d'Art: Christo

CAHIERS D'ART: CHRISTO

Cahiers d'Art

ISBN: 9782851173171
USD $100.00
| CAN $140

Pub Date: 1/19/2021
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Projects 1963–2020

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE: PROJECTS 1963–2020

Kerber

ISBN: 9783735606495
USD $45.00
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Pub Date: 6/16/2020
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Water Projects

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE: WATER PROJECTS

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836633579
USD $40.00
| CAN $56

Pub Date: 9/27/2016
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Barrels

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE: BARRELS

Verlag Kettler

ISBN: 9783862065837
USD $45.00
| CAN $60

Pub Date: 11/22/2016
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: In/Out Studio

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE: IN/OUT STUDIO

Verlag Kettler/D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781938922510
USD $65.00
| CAN $87

Pub Date: 3/24/2015
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Christo: The Paris Sculptures 1961

CHRISTO: THE PARIS SCULPTURES 1961

Kettler Verlag

ISBN: 9783862061099
USD $40.00
| CAN $54

Pub Date: 4/30/2012
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude: The Mastaba / Over the River

CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE: THE MASTABA / OVER THE RIVER

Ediciones Polígrafa

ISBN: 9788434311930
USD $35.00
| CAN $47.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2010
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