short biography

Christo (Christo Vladimirov Javachef, b. 1935, Gabrovo, Bulgaria; d. 2020, New York) und Jeanne-Claude (Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, b. 1935, Casablanca, Morocco; d. 2009, New York) have worked together as a married couple, for many years. In 1960 Christo joined the group 'New Realism' (founded by Pierre Restany and Yves Klein). He had exhibitions at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York and Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf. The best known works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are '5600 cubicmeter package' at the documenta 4 in Kassel, 1968; 'Valley Curtain', Rocky Mountains in Colorado, 1971; 'Surrounded Islands', Biscayne Bay between Miami, North Miami and Miami Beach, 1983; 'Veiling of the Reichstag building in Berlin', 1995; 'The Floating Piers', Lake Iseo, 2016, amongst others.

Object art, packaged art, Concealment of everyday objects

http://christojeanneclaude.net

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group

Christo & Jeanne-Claude 
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collection/s

ARCO Foundation Collection Collection Lambert, Avignon ° Espace de l´Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux Galeria Labirynt, Lublin Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (closed) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Kulturstiftung Rügen Kunst im Deutschen Bundestag Kunstpalais Erlangen Kunstsammlung Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz / Museum Gunzenhauser MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York MUSMA Matera Museum Folkwang, Essen Museum Modern Art Hünfeld Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau Museum Würth, Künzelsau Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje Nevada Museum of Art New Britain Museum of American Art REINKINGPROJEKTE Hamburg Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Zürich Sinclair House, Bad Homburg Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery (SAAM) Synagoge Stommeln Tate Collection The Ringling, Sarasota Wright State University - Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
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galleries

Carolina Nitsch, New York Delaive, Amsterdam Galerie Boisserée, Köln Galerie Gmurzynska, New York Gmurzynska, Zürich Moeller Fine Art, New York Montrasio Arte, Monza Robischon Gallery, Denver
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