Middle Plane Art Book Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Saudi Arabia, Profile of a Kingdom Book by Claude Avézard and Jan Dobson. Over-sized hardcover book with dust jacket titled SAUDI ARABIA: Profile of a Kingdom. Motivate Publishing,...

French Painting Hardcover collectible art book by Charles Stuckey– January 1, 1997 by Charles Stuckey (Author) Hardcover · 320 page Stuckey examines...

Title: Anselm Kiefer (Venezia Contemporaneo) Publisher: Brand: Charta Publication Date: 1997 Binding: Soft cover An excellent overview of Anselm Kiefer_s long career. Over the past four decades, Anselm Kiefer has produced a diverse body of work in painting, sculpture and installation that has made him among the most important artists of his generation. His subject-matter ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy and the nature of belief, all depicted in a bewildering variety of materials, including oil paint, dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding found materials to the painted surface of his immense tableaux, he invents a compelling third space between painting and sculpture. Synopsis: This monograph presents Kiefer's complete work to date, reproduced in full color. Review: Writing about one of the most important and complex artists of our times requires the erudition, clarity, and broad view of a Daniel...

The Great Book of Post-Impressionism by Diane Kelder, In this splendid sequel to The Great Book of French Impressionism, Diane K...

Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland, 1997-1998 In Autumn 1998, after the trees around Fondation Beyeler and in the Berower Park had shed their leaves, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 162 trees—some up to 25 meters high—with 55,000 square meters of polyester fabric and 23 kilometers of rope. The effect of light and weather on the translucent material created a kind of amorphous sculptural choreography, an ever-changing variety of shapes, surfaces, and colors. The fabric, used every winter in Japan to protect trees from frost and heavy snow, lent the trees the appearance of precious and fragile objects. The Fondation Beyeler project was a pièce de résistance for Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and an extension and expansion of many years of interest in the concept of wrapped trees...

Saffron in the City A colossal installation in New York’s Central Park February 2005 marked the ephemeral installation of a monumental work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in N...

A Dream Comes True. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s silver-shimmering Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris. In 1961, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped was one the first public art projects that Chri...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, On the Way to the Gates, Central Park, New York City. Book by Jonathan Fineberg with photographs by Wolfgang Volz. Published in conjunction with a major ex...