Presented By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design
Penny Stamps Speaker Series + DPTV Present Christo
Penny Stamps Speaker Series
In recognition of Christo's death on May 31, the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and DPTV will stream his 2017 presentation on Friday, June 5 at 8:00 pm ET: tune in at dptv.org or join us on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page.
Christo is known for co-creating large scale ephemeral works worldwide with his longtime artistic partner and wife, Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009). Over the span of a 60+ year career, Christo and Jeanne-Claude created many public works involving the exterior wrapping of buildings, museums, and public spaces in canvas, tarp, and other materials. Oil barrels have also featured prominently in the couple’s work, selected for their “sculptural effect and low cost.” Their most recent U.S. project, The Gates (completed in 2005), featured 7,503 rectangular arches draped in saffron fabric across New York City’s Central Park. While many have speculated on the specific meaning of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, throughout their career, the artists shunned the idea that their creative work seeks to convey deeper meanings, insisting that they created work to evoke a purely visceral emotional response using visual aesthetic. However, Christo spoke of the public locations of their installations in decidedly democratic terms. “Nobody can buy our projects. Nobody can sell tickets to experience our projects. Freedom is the enemy of possession and possession is equal to permanence. That is why our projects cannot remain and must go away forever. Our projects are ‘once in a lifetime’ and ‘once upon a time.’”
https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/
https://www.dptv.org/programs/arts-culture/penny-stamps-series/
Christo is known for co-creating large scale ephemeral works worldwide with his longtime artistic partner and wife, Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009). Over the span of a 60+ year career, Christo and Jeanne-Claude created many public works involving the exterior wrapping of buildings, museums, and public spaces in canvas, tarp, and other materials. Oil barrels have also featured prominently in the couple’s work, selected for their “sculptural effect and low cost.” Their most recent U.S. project, The Gates (completed in 2005), featured 7,503 rectangular arches draped in saffron fabric across New York City’s Central Park. While many have speculated on the specific meaning of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, throughout their career, the artists shunned the idea that their creative work seeks to convey deeper meanings, insisting that they created work to evoke a purely visceral emotional response using visual aesthetic. However, Christo spoke of the public locations of their installations in decidedly democratic terms. “Nobody can buy our projects. Nobody can sell tickets to experience our projects. Freedom is the enemy of possession and possession is equal to permanence. That is why our projects cannot remain and must go away forever. Our projects are ‘once in a lifetime’ and ‘once upon a time.’”
https://www.facebook.com/PennyStampsSeries/
https://www.dptv.org/programs/arts-culture/penny-stamps-series/
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