IN MEMORIAM - CHRISTO

U NEW YORKU UMRO JEDAN OD NAJVAŽNIJIH SUVREMENIH UMJETNIKA: Odlazak čovjeka koji je omotao Reichstag

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“U dva tjedna omotani Reichstag pogledalo je pet milijuna ljudi. Dugo smo vjerovali da taj naš rad uopće nije moguć”, govorio je umjetnik Christo, najpoznatiji po omatanju građevina te prekrivanja čitavih otoka tkaninom, koji je umro u 85. godini u svojem domu u New Yorku.

“Moja supruga Jeanne-Claude i ja prvi put smo predložili ideju da omotamo javnu zgradu 1961. godine. Tvrdili smo da bi trebalo omotati parlament ili zatvor. Kako je, ipak, bilo najlakše omotati galeriju, započeli smo s Kunsthalleom u Bernu 1968.”

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 18, 2016 people walk on the monumental installation entitled 'The Floating Piers' created by artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff on Iseo Lake, in northern Italy. - The artist known as Christo, who made his name transforming landmarks such as Germany's Reichstag by covering them with reams of cloth, died on May 31, 2020 aged 84, his official Facebook page announced. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff died of natural causes at his home in New York City, the statement said. The Bulgarian-born artist worked in collaboration with his wife of 51 years Jeanne-Claude until her death in 2009. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION
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