I was eight years old and the year was 1982. My brother and I, were in the back seat of a ’75 Plymouth glued to the windows awe struck at the view. Beyond, laid Miami’s Biscayne Bay with its islands surrounded by giant pink synthetic pink floating boarders. Now almost 22 years later I am once again fortunate enough to be in a city altered by Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s landscape altering works of art.
Twenty-three miles of Central Park’s trails are lined with saffron colored arches, each one a representation of Zen. It took the artists 26 years and several administrations before finally receiving the needed permit for their larger-than-life contemporary masterpieces. It is a truly amazing spectacle that every New Yorker should experience. Another wise cold and grey park has been graced by 7,500 gates to Zen.
The exhibit ( The Gates) will run till the 27th of February.
Below is a link to the Husband-wife duo website and a picture of “Surrounded Islands.”
http://christojeanneclaude.net/sharedMedia/SurroundedIslands/si2.jpg
its a really interesting project...but what is the reason behind it all..and is this the only exibit that has been doen in centeral park or elsewhere ...? ...would u know yusef
damn it would be nice to go to a musuem that has projects like this :(
No the city begun allowing public art displays in the park fot about 2-3 years now but never anything at this scale.
cool...do you know of any museums that have projects like this yusef
No.
i want to go to moma i heard they have interesting things there
MOMA is hot! I went on opening night, it was hot. You should go.
It took us 2 1/2 hours to find parking, besides that it was definetly a cool experience.
lol, im glad that you enjoyed it.
yea i want to go but all my friends are ghetto and hate museums lol...i guess ill make a trip by myself lol