Hardcover: 96 pages

Publisher: Taschen (March 4, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-3836524094

Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.3 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

克里斯多·克劳德和珍妮·克劳德都出生在1935年6月13日。克里斯托是保加利亚人，早年就开始从事艺术创作，十分贫穷。他由于不满保加利亚扼杀艺术生命的政治环境，一路从捷克斯洛伐克流亡至维也纳，后又辗转前往巴黎。而珍妮·克劳德则出身于法国贵族家庭。他们地位悬殊，却仍然走到了一起，一起进行创作。

极少有艺术家像他们那样，从作品的构思起就成为媒体关注、大众议论的焦点，也极少有艺术家像他们那样，动用几年、十几年、几十年的时间来构划、实施艺术创作。而其代表作品包括：《包裹群岛》，该作品历时4年(1980—1983)，以约60万立方米的粉红色布料，漂浮围绕着佛罗里达的11座岛屿；《日本雨伞》，历年7年(1984—1991)，横跨美国和日本进行运作，在美国加利福尼亚插上1760把黄色雨伞，而在日本插上1340把蓝色雨伞，每把伞高6米，圆径8.66米；而在1995年，在经过23年的周旋后，德国国会以292对223票通过，同意艺术家夫妇用白布包裹德国国会大厦，该项目持续14天，同样也吸引了全世界的目光。

本书亮点：

40多年来，他们一直自费上千万美元，耗时几年甚至二十几年等待许可证，去实现这些昙花一现的超大型项目。在商业社会的价值观里，这简直荒谬透顶，但两位艺术家却十分自豪地表示：“我们从不接受任何赞助或委任，这是我们艺术创作的基本底线。我们自己付钱，自己销售，自己办理一切委托事务。”

Christo & Jeanne-Claude have worked in collaboration since 1961, and lived in New York City since 1964. Their large-scale projects include Wrapped Coast, Australia, 1968–69, Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970–72, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76, Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Florida, 1980–83, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975–85, The Umbrellas, Japan–USA, 1984–91, Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971–95, Wrapped Trees, Riehen, Switzerland, 1997–98 and The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005. Jeanne-Claude died in 2009.

Jacob Baal-Teshuva, born 1929, is author, critic and independent curator of museum shows. He studied at the Hebrew university in Jerusalem and New York University. His numerous publications include works on Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Jacob Baal-Teshuva lives and works in New York and Paris.

Wolfgang Volz has worked with Christo and Jeanne-Claude as the exclusive photographer of their works since 1971. He was also project director (with Roland Specker) for Wrapped Reichstag and (with Josy Kraft) for Wrapped Trees, and was in charge of The Wall - 13,000 Oil Barrels, 1999. His close collaboration has resulted in many books and more than 300 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.