Christo

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artist conceptual artist environmental artist installation artist

Christo was a Bulgarian-born artist renowned for his monumental environmental installations, often created with his partner Jeanne-Claude, that wrapped or transformed large-scale buildings, landscapes, and public spaces.

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Label	Occurrences
Christo canonical	2
Christo and Jeanne-Claude	2

Statements (102)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artist ⓘ conceptual artist ⓘ environmental artist ⓘ installation artist ⓘ
birthDate	1935-06-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	Gabrovo ⓘ surface form: Gabrovo, Bulgaria
burialPlace	Père Lachaise Cemetery (reported resting place may vary by source) ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Jeanne-Claude ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Bulgaria ⓘ France ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2020-05-31 ⓘ
educatedAt	National Academy of Art, Sofia ⓘ
familyName	Javacheff ⓘ
fieldOfWork	environmental installation ⓘ public art ⓘ site-specific art ⓘ
financingMethod	sale of drawings, collages, and models ⓘ
fullName	Christo Vladimirov Javacheff ⓘ
genre	installation art ⓘ public art ⓘ
givenName	Christo self-link ⓘ
influencedBy	Abstract expressionism ⓘ surface form: Abstract Expressionism Dada ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ
knownFor	large-scale environmental installations ⓘ self-financing his projects through sale of preparatory works ⓘ temporary public art projects ⓘ wrapping buildings ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Bulgarian ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ
movement	Conceptual art ⓘ Land art ⓘ surface form: Environmental art Land art ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	projects involved extensive community engagement ⓘ projects often required complex permits and negotiations ⓘ projects were temporary ⓘ
notableWork	Barrels series ⓘ Gasometer Oberhausen ⓘ surface form: Big Air Package, Gasometer Oberhausen Iron Curtain (Wall of Oil Barrels) ⓘ L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped ⓘ L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris ⓘ London Mastaba ⓘ Over the River (project, Colorado) ⓘ Package on a Table ⓘ The Pont Neuf Wrapped ⓘ surface form: Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris Running Fence ⓘ Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California ⓘ Store Fronts ⓘ Surrounded Islands ⓘ Biscayne Bay islands ⓘ surface form: Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Miami The Floating Piers ⓘ The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy ⓘ The Gates ⓘ The Gates, Central Park, New York City ⓘ The London Mastaba, Hyde Park ⓘ The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park ⓘ The Mastaba (project for Abu Dhabi) ⓘ The Mastaba (project for Abu Dhabi) ⓘ surface form: The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates The Pont Neuf Wrapped ⓘ The Pont Neuf Wrapped ⓘ surface form: The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris The Umbrellas, Japan–USA ⓘ The Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado ⓘ Gasometer Oberhausen ⓘ surface form: The Wall, 13,000 Oil Barrels, Gasometer Oberhausen Umbrellas (Japan–USA) ⓘ Valley Curtain ⓘ Wrapped Bottles ⓘ Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Building, Spoleto Wrapped Cans ⓘ Wrapped Coast ⓘ Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, Sydney ⓘ Wrapped Floors and Staircases ⓘ Wrapped Fountain ⓘ Kunstmuseum Bern ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Kunsthalle, Bern Wrapped Man ⓘ Wrapped Monuments in Milan ⓘ Wrapped Motorcycle ⓘ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Wrapped Opera House, Sydney (project) ⓘ Wrapped Packages ⓘ Wrapped Public Building ⓘ Reichstag building ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Reichstag Reichstag building ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin Wrapped Trees ⓘ Beyeler Foundation Museum ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Trees, Fondation Beyeler Wrapped Trees, Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen ⓘ Wrapped Trees, Riehen ⓘ Vespa ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Vespa Wrapped Walk Ways ⓘ Kansas City parks system ⓘ surface form: Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City Wrapped Woman ⓘ
partnerInArt	Jeanne-Claude ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, United States Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, France
signatureStyle	wrapping and transforming existing structures and landscapes ⓘ
spouse	Jeanne-Claude ⓘ
workedIn	Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ

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Nouveau Réalisme → hasMember → Christo ⓘ

Kaiserring Goslar → notableRecipient → Christo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

National Museum of Western Art → hasWorkBy → Christo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo → givenName → Christo self-link ⓘ