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Copyright the artist | | | Christo, (1935 - 2020) Bulgary
Wrapped Cushion (Empaquetage), 1962-65
Fabric, rope and cushion mounted in box; 80 x 60 x 22 cm Nouveau Réalisme
UID 102-114
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Biography
Bulgarian born artist, settled in Paris in 1958. In contact with the New Realists, he began to wrap found objects in cloth, placing the emphasis less on the contained than on the container. These wrapped forms could range from more recognizable shapes like a chair, a woman, to unidentified objects. From 1968 he worked with his wife Jeanne-Claude (b.1935). In 1968 he actually wrapped his first building, the Kunstahalle in Bern, Switzerland.. The Christos are best known for their vast environmental projects that have involved wrappings not only whole buildings but even significant portions of open nature, as was the case of Running Fence, a 1972-76 work executed in the California coastal counties. In 1995 the Christos realized a project that had been in preparation since 1971. They wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the traditional seat of the German parliament and a building with a long and violent history.
Exhibitions
Pop 60s Transatlantic Crossing Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 11-09-1997 ~ 17-11-1997
Uma Escolha numa Colecção Particular Galeria Valentim de Carvalho, Portugal 08-07-1993 ~ 28-07-1993
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca. Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002
Berardo Museum Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 16-09-2007
A Colecção Berardo a partir do Atelier Brancusi Galeria Jornal de Notícias, Portugal 26-01-2007 ~ 24-03-2007
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742873
Pop '60s Transatlantic Crossing, 1997 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176384
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004 Published by TBS Television, INC.
Sotheby's, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art and Ceramics, London, Wednesday, 24th March and Thursday 25th March 1993, lot. 334, 1993 Published by Sotheby´s
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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