CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE, ON THE WAY TO THE GATES: Central Park, New York City
Jonathan Fineberg, . . Yale Univ./Metropolitan Museum of Art, $65 (212pp) ISBN 978-0-300-10138-6
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the artists responsible for such memorable wrapped pieces as "Surrounded Islands" (bright pink fabric floating around 11 islands in Biscayne Bay in Florida), and "Running Fence" (2.3 million square feet of fabric stretching down to the ocean in Sonoma and Marin counties in California), have been planning a major piece in New York City since they arrived in 1964. Unfortunately, their ideas, which included wrapping the Museum of Modern Art, were continually stymied both by private owners and the city. In near-giddy anticipation, this book from art historian Fineberg (
Reviewed on: 05/03/2004
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 224 pages - 978-0-300-10405-9