Christo and Jeanne-Claude Essays

The Gates by Christo and Jeanne-Claude The Gates were realized in Central Park, NYC 30 years after artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea. The gates consisted of three sided that rested on metal legs. The fabric panels appeared on the top. The gates color matched the fabric. There were: 7503 16 feet gates, 23 long walkways. The display was only for few weeks in February of 2005. This type of art supports the idea of public art of the built environment. Wrapped/Surrounded/Suspended

Snowboarding, like any other sport, one must be thinking at all times, analyzing situations, making split decisions, and making quick calculations. Before my trip, I had only flown on an airplane once, never by myself, I have never seen a mountain so big, and I had zero experience snowboarding. If I only knew then what I know now, I would have entered this new experience with more confidence in myself. Before my trip to Utah, I had only flown on an airplane once before, and now I was going to fly

of freedom, set apart from the mundane and functional character of everyday life, and from its rules and conventions" (Stallabrass, 2004). Two Artists that convey the sense of freedom in their projects by working outside the Art world system are Christo and Michael Heizer. Their projects are innovative and definitely ambitious. Both these artists use outer space as part of their artwork.

artwork would leave the audience with intense and memorable experiences. The artwork challenges them to remember what the object originally looked like before it was concealed, changing their impressions of the object in the process.Christo and Jeanne-Claude 's art interventions changed the way we see the physical form of the site as the viewers start to appreciate their ‘formal, energetic, and volumetric qualities’. They also

decided to choose the Tampa Museum of Art because of the different array of work that it offered. The Tampa Museum was divided into three main sections called The Classical World, Echoes of Antiquity, and a section for the landscape artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Classical world section was filled with many different sculptures and works of art from the Greeks, Romans, and Italians, while the other sections featured artists like Pablo Picasso and Chuck Close. The piece of art that interested