Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: Verlag Kettler/D.A.P.; Reprint edition (March 24, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1938922514

ISBN-13: 978-1938922510

Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches

Christo (born 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) have created some of the most visually breathtaking works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Their projects have traversed and transcended the boundaries of painting, sculpture and architecture. This lavishly designed, epic volume brings together a wealth of archival material and photographic documentation to offer an intimate behind-the-scenes view of the monumental installations with which the couple have dazzled the public. Photographs portraying the artists at work are supplemented by pictures of all their major projects--Wrapped Coast (1968-69), Valley Curtain (1970-72), Running Fence (1972-76), Surrounded Islands (1980-83), The Pont Neuf Wrapped (1975-85), The Umbrellas (1984-91), Wrapped Reichstag (1971-95) and The Gates (1979-2005)--as well as reproductions of drawings, collages and objects. Matthias Koddenberg, art historian and close friend of the artists, spent many years compiling the more than 250 mostly unpublished photographs and illustrations assembled here. Many of them show works that were previously unknown or thought lost, including early drawings and paintings dating back to when Christo was still studying art in Bulgaria. Others document temporary sculptures--Wrapped Woman (1962, 1963 and 1968), Wrapped Volkswagen (1963) and Wrapped Tree (1966 and 1969)--or works that were intentionally destroyed and only survive as photographs. The publication was put together in close collaboration with Christo and includes documentation by renowned photographers such as Ugo Mulas, Enzo Sellerio, Harry Shunk and János Kender, Charles Wilp and Wolfgang Volz, who has documented all of the artists' projects since 1971, together with photos by associates and friends as well as pictures from the artists' private archives.

克劳德夫妇作品创作了很多震惊20与21世纪人们视觉认识的作品。他们的作品颠覆并打破了油画，雕塑，建筑之间的界限。**设计感，拥有丰富的内容信息，从艺术家的创作成就到一些这对夫妇创作的纪念性的装置的背后场景的照片记录都在本书中有展现，这绝对是一部史诗。

他们创作的Wrapped Coast (1968-69), Valley Curtain (1970-72), Running Fence (1972-76)等作品都有用摄影来呈现，当然也有一些插画，拼贴画，与其他物品的展现。本书的作者Matthias Koddenberg是一位艺术历史学家同时也是艺术家的好朋友，在本书中为读者展现了250多个之前从未公开过的照片与插画。这些珍贵的素材包括Christo在保加利亚学习时候所做的素描，油画，鲜为人知并一度失踪都能够让读者对艺术家有了一个更加全面的了解。

这本书与艺术家Christo有密切的沟通，并由一些**的摄影师记录了从1971年开始的艺术作品，同事也有一些艺术家比较个人的摄影创作都有展现。