Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Urban Projects. Urban projects

exposition à l'ING Art Center du 25 octobre 2017 au 25 février 2018

Auteur(s) :

Koddenberg, Matthias (1984-....) Découvrir l'auteur

ING Art Center, Bruxelles

Résumé

“Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Urban Projects” is the first retrospective museum exhibition since the 1980s of the urban projects created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. It will be shown from the 25th of October 2017 to the 25th of February 2018 at the ING Art Center, Place Royale 6, 1000 Brussels.A unique opportunity to gain a comprehensive insight into the creative process of this unclassifiable artist couple. To evoke a number of urban projects by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the exhibition seeks through a careful selection of around eighty original works, whether or not these were ever carried out, ranging from Wall of Oil Barrels, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62 up to the important urban project The Gates that Christo and Jeanne-Claude realized for the city of New York in 2005.These urban works of art were created by temporarily appropriating buildings, monuments or public places with a deeply symbolic value. The works are selected and displayed in such a way as to emphasise the crucial importance of drawing in the genesis, evolution and aesthetic crystallisation of each of the projects. Christo sees drawing as “a path towards the real” and indulges this passion daily. The exhibition presents a series of emblematic works, from the first schematic sketches, usually in small format, to the final drawings, complex and often large-format collages in which colour, textural effects and volume bring out their visionary character, offering a real foretaste of the actual in situ projects.

Contributeur(s)
- Martin-Poulet, Laure. Collaborateur
Éditeur(s)
- Verlag Kettler
Date
- 2017
Langues
- Anglais
Description matérielle
- 1vol. (215p), ill. noir et blanc et coul. et un fascicule à part biographie des oeuvres et timeline
Sujet(s)
ISBN
- 9783862066797
Indice
- 70"19" CHRI Christo (Javacheff)
Origine de la notice:
- BPI