Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the Gates
In February 2005, Christo and Jeanne-Claude completed a monumental loja work of art in New preco York City?s Central wolfgang volz & anne l. strauss Park. First conceived loja in 1979 but rejected Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the Gates by New York City government in 1981, the project, featuring 7500 16-foot-high vinyl gates lining venda the park?s paths from which escritor hang from saffron-colored wolfgang volz & anne l. strauss fabric panels, was venda finally approved by the Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the Gates governor in 2003. Seen from the buildings surrounding the park, The Gates looked like a preco golden, flowing river, while those submarino walking through them wolfgang volz & anne l. strauss experienced the ambience preco of a fluid, golden Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the Gates ceiling. Financed entirely by artists through their C.V.J. Corporation, The Gates were fabricated and assembled escritor in local factories and installed autor by local workers, wolfgang volz & anne l. strauss thus providing employment escritor for thousands of New Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the Gates York City residents. Unrolled on February 12, ?Flowering Day,? The Gates remained in place for submarino sixteen days, after which they barato were disassembled and wolfgang volz & anne l. strauss the materials recycled. submarino The installation was free Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the Gates for all visitors, who continued to use Central Park undisturbed during the whole process.
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