... Christo, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). 197 198 Chronology. Chronology 1935 Christo Javacheff born June 13 in Gabrovo , Bulgaria , to an industrialist family . Jeanne - Claude de Guillebon born June 13 in Casablanca ...

... Christo Javacheff All Wrapped Up ? " Current , April - May 1975 . 2. Calvin Tomkins , " Running Fence , " The New Yorker , March 28 , 1997 , p . 61 . 3. Lynn Hershman , interview with the author in San Francisco , February 14 , 1987 . 4 ...

Often requiring years, even decades, of preparation and planning, these works-not merely feats of aesthetic daring but engineering and organizational marvels-exist for only a few weeks or less.

Covers the early life and career of Christo and Jeanne-Claude and then a focus on their 2005 installation in Central Park of over seven thousand saffron panels.

... Christo tells the story of his alienation from the traditional art community as a variant of Chicago's story . He was born Christo Javacheff in Bulgaria in 1935 , son of a fairly well- to - do chemical manufacturer and a Macedonian ...