Accumulate, wrap, extend and conceal. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s transforming principles
Abstract
Abstract:
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's plastic work is an experimentation about the wrapping, the space and the volume of an object, a work which began in the mid-20th century until today. They temporarily transform that object, of different scale and very diverse contexts. First, we will identify the different stages of his artistic life through the idea of scale. We will understand the relationship between this concept and his artistic philosophy, we’ll focus at the dialogue between the autonomous object, the person and the place as environmental scale. Finally, we will identify the four transforming principles that produce all their works: Accumulate, Wrap, Extend and Conceal. This four, by themselves, have artistic value. They are being used as a creative resource, and still they are the ones that produce the work of art, both, the aesthetic and conceptual meaning.
Keywords: Architecture, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, wrapping, scale, transforming principles.
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