Christo, le opere più belle dell'artista. FOTO

È morto il 31 maggio 2020, le sue installazioni avevano fatto il giro del mondo da "The Floating Piers" sul Lago di Iseo a "The Gates" al Central Park di New York. Eccone alcune delle sue più celebri

SULZANO, ITALY - JUNE 16: Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff attends the presentation of his installation the 'The Floating Piers' on June 16, 2016 in Sulzano, Italy. (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

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Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, noto con il solo nome Christo, è morto il 31 maggio 2020 all'età di 84 anni. L'artista bulgaro-newyorkese è tra i più grandi esponenti della Land Art e le sue installazioni hanno fatto il giro del mondo

È morto l'artista Christo, aveva 84 anni

SULZANO, ITALY - JUNE 28: Aerial view of the installation "The Floating Piers" by artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev. The work connects the village of Sulzano to the small island of Monte Isola and another very small island (SÃ£o Paulo Island) on June 28, 2016 in Sulzano, Italy. Christo died on Sunday, May 31, 2020, of natural causes in his home in New York City in the United States at the age of 84. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)

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La sua più famosa in Italia è certamente "The Floating Piers", l'imponente opera apparsa sul Lago di Iseo nel giugno 2016

Camminare sulle acque del lago d'Iseo: l’opera dell’artista Christo

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Artist Christo unveils his first UK outdoor work, a 20m high installation on Serpentine Lake, with accompanying exhibition at at The Serpentine Gallery on June 18, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Serpentine Galleries)

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Un'altra sua opera galleggiante famosa è quella apparsa sul Serpentine Lake a Londra nel giugno 2018: "The London Mastaba", ispirata alle tombe monumentali egizie, realizzata con oltre 7mila barili di petrolio

Christo, chi è l’artista della “land art”

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NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: (L to R) Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude walk with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg before unfurling the first gate in the"The Gates, Central Park, New York, 1979-2005'" exhibit at Central Park February 12, 2005 in New York City. The Gates will be displayed along 23 miles of paved paths throughout Central Park through February 27, 2005. It will be the largest public art display in New York City history. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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C'è poi "The Gates", una serie di porte completate nel febbraio 2005 all'interno di Central Park a New York

Mayor Michael Bloomberg unfurls "The Gates" by Christo and Jeanne Claude in Central Park in New York City on February 12, 2005. The 23-mile long pubic art installation was originally conceived over two decades ago.. (Photo by Shawn Ehlers/WireImage)

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OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY - MARCH 15: Bulgarian-born artist Christo poses in front of his paintings at an exhibition of his large-scale environmental art Big Air Package in a former gas storage facility called the Gasometer on March 15, 2013 in Oberhausen, Germany. The piece is made from 5.3 tons of translucent material covering 20,350 square meters and shaped with 4.500 meters of cable, and fills the interior of the facility. The installation will be open to the public from march 16 through December 30. (Photo by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

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Tra le sue opere c'è anche "Big Air Package" , installata a Oberhausen, in Germania, fino alla fine del 2013

OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY - MARCH 15: Bulgarian-born artist Christo (C), known for his large-scale environmental art, leads journalists through his Big Air Package, his latest work in a former gas storage facility called the Gasometer on March 15, 2013 in Oberhausen, Germany. The piece is made from 5.3 tons of translucent material covering 20,350 square meters and shaped with 4.500 meters of cable, and fills the interior of the facility. The installation will be open to the public from March 16 through December 30. (Photo by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

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Bulgarian-born artist Christo poses on November 26, 2010 next to one of his works as part of his exhibition "Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado" that will be on show until January 23, 2010 at the Guy Pieters Gallery in Paris. AFP PHOTO/JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Una delle sue installazioni più complesse e di difficile realizzazione è stata quella pensata per il fiume Arkansas, in Colorado

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Nel 1995 in molti accorsero in Germania per vedere il suo Richstag impacchettato

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French culture Minister Jack Lang (L) chats with US Bulgarian born artist Christo on September 18, 1985 in Paris during the work in progress of the Pont Neuf wrapped by the artist. (Photo by Wolf VOLZ / AFP) (Photo by WOLF VOLZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tra le grandi opere impacchiettate da Christo c'è anche il Pont Neuf a Parigi nel 1985

1st February 1974: Javacheff Christo, Bulgarian artist, wrapped a section of the famous Aurelaian wall, the Via Veneto in Rome, with plastic sheet, as part of his creation. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Nel 1974 Christo impacchettò anche le Mura Aureliane di Via Veneto a Roma

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Per mano dello stesso artista nel 1998 finirono impacchettati anche gli alberi di Berower Parc a Riehen in Svizzera

(Original Caption) 11/29/1963-Rome, Italy- The art of wrapping, called "Empaquetage" by artist Christo, features all shapes and sizes creatively covered..."The purpose of which is to reveal the loving form of mystery," he says. The 28-year-old, Bulgarian-born artist creates with such wrappings as cellophane, canvas or blankets and ties the objects with any string available at the time. Here, Christo is seen surrounded by his "Objects D'Art" which he displayed at the La Salita Gallery in Rome, Italy.

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Christo con le sue famose opere d'arte impacchettate a Roma. È l'arte di avvolgere, chiamata "Empaquetage"

Bulgarian artist Christo Javacheff surveys Little Bay in Sydney, Australia, before wrapping it in yellow polypropylene, 1969. Christo is working together with his wife Jeanne-Claude on the project. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Christo Yavachev è nato il 13 giugno 1935 a Gobrovo in Bulgaria, lo stesso giorno di sua moglie Jeanne-Claude (morta nel 2009). Terminati i suoi studi all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Sofia, i suoi primi lavoro sono dipinti astratti

10th April 1979: Bulgarian-born US avant-garde artist Christo (1935 - ), originally Christo Javacheff. (Photo by Graham Morris/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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Ma ciò che colpisce subito amici e colleghi sono proprio le sue opere che impacchettano oggetti come bottiglie e tavoli

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 17: Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff attends the Christo Book Signing at Taschen Paris Store on October 17, 2019 in Paris, France.
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Christo pensa in grande e dai piccolo oggetti impacchettati ai grandi monumenti il passo è breve e in poco tempo diventa uno dei massimi esponenti della Land Art, che gira il mondo per "impacchettarlo"