Surround Islands
Photo: Wolfgang Volz

11 barrier islands, 6.5 million sq ft of fabric, 1 larger than life piece of living art. This was the idea behind Christo and Jean-Claude’s 1983 masterpiece. Welcome to Miami, ladies and gentlemen. -JRG


2 comments:

renée [crossed and dotted] said...

christo and jeanne-claude are my favorite, and i particularly loved this piece. i can't wait to see how the colorado project pans out, though jeanne-claude will be missed!

Keren, rhymes w/ Heron said...

I just wrote a post about this wonderful, artistic couple for Valentine's Day! Truly their joint creativity and powerful thinking is the real definition of love!

You can see the post here:

http://thewalkup.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/creative-coupling/