Christo and the Met

Music on Friday.

A bit of pleasure to share...YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=32&v=VVlJYaoiIBY&feature=emb_logo

I don't know why bogger keeps saying there's no video found by that link. But enjoy the Met
At Home Gala.

Sculpture to amaze, in it's scope and scale and color. We lost Christo last week at 84 years (not to COVID-19 apparently.)

Work began on the installation of the couple's most protracted project, The Gates, (above) in New York City's Central Park in January 2005. The title is The Gates, Central Park, New York, 1979–2005 in reference to the time that passed from their initial proposal until they were able to go ahead with it with the permission of the new mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The Gates was open to the public from February 12–27, 2005. A total of 7,503 gates made of saffron-colored fabric were placed on paths in Central Park. They were five meters (16 ft) high and had a combined length of 37 km (23 mi). Bloomberg, a fan of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, presented them with the "Doris C. Freedman Award for Public Art" for the work of art.^[24] The project cost an estimated US$21 million, which the artists planned to recoup by selling project documentation.^(Wikipedia)

Inspired by a snow fence, in 1972, Christo and Jeanne-Claude began preparations for Running Fence: a 24.5-mile fence of white nylon, supported by steel posts and steel cables, running through the Californian landscape and into the ocean. In exchange for temporary use of rancher land, the artists agreed to offer payment and use of the deconstructed building materials. Others challenged its construction in 18 public hearings and three state court sessions. The fence began construction in April 1976 and the project culminated in a two-week display in September, after which it was deconstructed. (Wikipedia)

 Christo and Jeanne-Claude planned a project based on Jeanne-Claude's idea to surround eleven islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay with 603,850 m² (6,499,800 sq ft) of pink polypropylene floating fabric. It was completed on May 7, 1983, with the aid of 430 workers and could be admired for two weeks. 

 Christo and his wife, Jean Claude, who died in 2009.

Quote for today:

"Artists don't retire. They die. That's all. When they stop being able to create art, they die."
Jean Claude