Christo
- Introduction
- Bulgarian-born, but American citizen from 1973. Known for his 'empaquetage' (packaging) in which objects or buildings are wrapped. His ambitious projects include wrapping the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin. Also known for his landscape projects such as the "Running Fence" in California. Creates large-scale installation pieces with his wife, Jeanne-Claude.
- Nationalities
- American, Bulgarian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Conceptual Artist, Environmental Artist, Installation Artist, Multimedia Artist, Sculptor
- Names
- Christo, Christo Javacheff, Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, Christo Javatcheff, Christo Javačev, كريستو،, יאוואצ'ף כריסטו, Javaceff Christo, Javacheff Christo
- Ulan
- 500115266
Exhibitions
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From the Collection: 1960–1969
March 26, 2016–
March 19, 2017 MoMA
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Take an Object
August 22, 2015–
February 28, 2016 MoMA
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Cut ’n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City
July 10, 2013–
January 5, 2014 MoMA
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September 11
September 11, 2011–
January 9, 2012 MoMA PS1
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The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
August 1–
November 1, 2010 MoMA
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Christo has 50 exhibitionsonline.
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Christo Package 1961 1961
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Various Artists, Arthus Carlheinz Caspari, Christo, Jed Curtis, Henry Flynt, Dick Higgins, György Sándor Ligeti, Franz Mon, Nam June Paik, Pera, Frank Trowbridge, Jan Voss, Wolf Vostell, Jean-Pierre Wilhelm dé-coll/age, no. 3 1962
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Christo Package on Wheelbarrow 1963
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Christo Store Front Project 1964
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Christo Look Magazine Empaqueté 1965
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Christo Package 1965
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Christo Temporary Volume - Package - For Minneapolis School of Art October 24-28, 1966
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Christo The Museum of Modern Art Packaged 1968
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Christo "The Museum of Modern Art Packed Project" 1968
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Christo Store Front from S.M.S. No. 1 1966-67, published 1968
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Christo Packed Tower – Spoleto (Proposals & Projects) from Artists & Photographs 1968, published 1970
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Christo Wrapped Roses 1968
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Christo "Museum of Contemporary Art/ 237 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611/ Title Christo: Wrap in Wrap put/ Date 1969
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Various Artists, Mel Bochner, Christo, Jan Dibbets, Tom Gormley, Dan Graham, Douglas Huebler, Allan Kaprow, Michael Kirby, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Bernar Venet, Andy Warhol Artists & Photographs 1965–70, published 1970
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Christo (Some) Not Realized Projects 1971
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Christo The Whitney Museum, New York, Packed from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects (February 22, 1971)
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Christo The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects (April 9 and July 19, 1971)
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Christo The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Front), Project for New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects April 9 and September 27, 1971
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Christo Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for Number 1, Times Square, New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects (April 9 and August 31, 1971)
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Christo Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for Number 1, Times Square, New York from the portfolio (Some) Not Realized Projects, (April 9 and August 10, 1971)
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Christo Wrapped Floor and Closed Windows (Project for Haus Lange Museum, Krefeld) 1971
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Christo Wrapped Sylvette, Project for Washington Square Village, New York from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) 1972, published 1973
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Various Artists, Arman, César (César Baldaccini), Christo, Gérard Deschamps, Francis Dufrêne, Raymond Hains, Yves Klein, Pierre Restany, Mimmo Rotella, Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Jacques Villeglé The New Realists (Les Nouveaux réalistes) 1960–73, published 1973
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Christo Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1970 from The New Realists (Les Nouveaux réalistes) 1973
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Christo Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California) 1974
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Christo Texas Mastaba, Project for 500,000 Stacked Oil Drums from America: The Third Century 1976
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Christo Wrapped Floors 1983
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Christo Ericsson Display Monitor Unit 311 Wrapped, Project for Personal Computer 1985
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Christo Wrapped Telephone, Project for L.M. Ericsson Model 1985
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Christo Curtains for La Rotunda, Project for Milan from the portfolio Five Urban Projects (1985)
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Christo Lower Manhattan Wrapped Building, Project for New York from the portfolio Five Urban Projects 1985
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Christo Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado 1996
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