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A link here to view an extract from a film by Antonio Ferrera in 2010.
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (born in 1935) is a Bulgarian artist, his wife, artist and collaborator was Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935-2009). They have made Land Art projects, including their wrapping works. Their aim is simply to create works of art and create new ways of seeing familiar landscapes, to have a different perspective on them, to enhance them.
In 1984 Jacques Chirac ended to accept their project so the couple had the permission to wrap the Pont-Neuf in Paris. For the wrapping of the oldest bridge in Paris, they used 40,000 m2 sand-colored polyamide.
It’s very interesting to see the connection between two crafts, the bridge and the « packaging » realised by Christo and his wife. Other examples include the Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin and a work where the pair wrapped trees in switzerland.
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The Land Art 