HSC Visual Art - Case studies: Christo & Jeanne Claude

The article reviews the exhibition "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River, A Work in Progress," at the Phillips Collection gallery in Washington, D.C..

Profiles artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude are planning to wrap New York City's Central Park in panels of saffron colored nylon. Other projects Christo has completed including surrounding islands with pink cloth; Background of the artist..

An interview with the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude is presented. Jeanne-Claude states that she and her husband lived at the Chelsea Hotel from February to June 1964. During their stay, they met writer Arthur Miller, artist Larry Rivers, and composer George Kleinsinger at the hotel. She claims that the hotel was truly friendly to artists