Tuesday: a day to honor a great artist. Well, 2 great artists.
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The eccentric, imaginative, and innovative environmental landscape artist, Christo, died Sunday, May 31st, in New York City. I hadn’t thought about him lately, but when I read his obituary I thought back immediately to nearly 45 years ago when one of his masterworks on the landscape was being created in my home county, north of the SF Golden Gate Bridge.
It was called “Running Fence.” And it stirred up a lot of conflicting reactions hereabouts, from love to outright hate. I found it joyful and whimsical.
Here’s the article to catch you up with this ingenious man. It is important to note that for most of his long career, his wife, Jeanne-Claude, was his co-creator (or, his partner in crime, to some!) Sadly, she died in 2009.
One of the more unusual features of his/their monumental earthworks was the fact that they were impermanent on the landscape. There was a fixed expiration date, by which time the artwork was dismantled and the area returned (more or less) to its original condition.
The Christo team splashed joy on the world landscape—and then moved on. A big splash, but a light footprint. . .