Christo, who made monumental art around the world, has died at 84

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Source: CNN

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who was known for his monumental environmental artworks with his late wife, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, has died. He was 84 years old.

Together, known simply as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, they wrapped iconic landmarks in fabric, such as the Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985 and the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995; and mounted thousands of orange gates in Central Park, redolent of Japan's sacred torii gates, in 2005.

Christo passed away Sunday 31 May at his home in New York, according to a statement made on the artist's official twitter account.

He is survived by his son, Cyril Christo, a photographer, filmmaker and animal rights activist. Jeanne-Claude passed away following a brain aneurysm in 2009.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/christo-artist-dead/index.html

[applegrove]

1. Interesting art. Glad his wife got credit for it too. Vibes to his family

and friends.

[Danmel]

2. We saw the gates.when it opened in NYC

I liked it way more than I thought I would. I have a square.of the orange material used for the installation.
RIP.

[Butterflylady]

4. I remember that one well.

[3Hotdogs]

7. I have a square, also.

The installation was fun.

On one of my visits, I encountered Michael Moore.

[smirkymonkey]

15. I liked it much more than I though I would as well. At the time, I was working on the 50th floor of

a building on 5th Avenue and 56th Street (cater-corner from the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue - ugh!) with a great view of Central Park and the gates. However I liked the exhibit even better being down on the ground and walking through them. It was a very cool experience.

RIP Christo.

[abqtommy]

3. Here where I live I decide what is art, what is music and what is fashion. I've never thought of

Christo's work as art but then while he was busy at it he never advised me to drink bleach so that's
a pass for him... snark off I do recognize that Christo brought more goodness into our world than
many I could mention...

[Archae]

12. Seriously? Christo did stunts, not art.

Any idiot can wrap something big in plastic and call that "art."
Or hang a bunch of ugly orange curtains in Central Park.

Over at "DeviantArt" they have works that range from elementary schoolkid-level scribblings to fantastic works.
Most of what I see there is actual art.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. I saw his Surrounded Islands in Biscayne Bay from a plane.

It was impressive.

RIP.

[BluesRunTheGame]

6. Went to a couple of talks he gave in the late 70's when I was an art student.

His recent projects were “Valley Curtain” and “Running Fence”

Interesting guy.


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[OneCrazyDiamond]

8. I saw their umbrellas in California way back in th 90's.

A amazing amount of work went into that.

[Aristus]

9. My dad thought he was a crank.

But even as a kid, I liked the way he challenged the accepted notions of what is and is not art.

World Book Encyclopedia's Childcraft Library had a volume called "Look Again", about art. It is still, to this day, the best book on art appreciation I've ever read. It did a great job of getting me to understand and appreciate abstract art.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. I never "got" most of his art, but...

he certainly thought big...which I do like.

[yellowcanine]

11. He was a genius but the negative environmental impact

of some of his work gives one pause. And he did not always get all of the necessary permits.

[Brother Buzz]

14. I remember the running fence in Sonoma County

I especially remember the ads selling the nylon panels in the SF Bay Area after the project ended. I understood the material was to be for car airbags, but the laws for mandatory airbags got kicked down the road for a few years, and Christo was able to buy the material for a song.

The Running fence did NOTHING for me, but I did see, and really enjoyed the Southern California umbrella stunt. I always wondered where the umbrellas ended up.

[Raine]

16. I saw his yellow and blue umbrellas along the Grapevine in California

he was a real innovater.