Christo and Jeanne-Claude

A hallmark of much of the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude is things wrapped up. The wrapped buildings, the blocked street, the Pont Neuf, the islands. Attention is drawn by covering the things up. The current project is to cover a section of the Arkansas River. They're self-funded projects, intentionally so to keep the art pure. I have a small piece of fabric somewhere that was part of the project to cover the Reichstag, it was a gift from a foreign exchange student who stayed with us for a short while. It's really amazing that these people can pull it off, it takes years to get all the permission and planning done.