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February 11, 2005
I'm Just Mad About Saffron
Christo's latest 'art' will open in Central Park tomorrow.
Famed husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude will unveil a public installation Saturday, featuring 7,500 gates draped in saffron-colored fabric, spanning 23 miles (37 kilometers) of Central Park footpaths.
That's a helluva lot of yellow bedsheets, innit?
Wolf-Dieter Voelkening, a German architect who lives in the northern city of Kiel, plans to leave Friday for a nine-day visit to New York.
He said he saw the "Wrapped Reichstag" in Berlin a decade ago. "I find Christo and Jean Claude very authentic," he said.
I find the whole "line-drying laundry as art" movement very authentic too. If by 'authentic' you mean 'patently ridiculous'. Not there's not something aesthetically pleasing about a clothesline full of freshly-washed sheets gently billowing in the breeze. A sparkling clean bathroom mirror has the same effect....but I don't think it belongs in MOMA.
Though it would probably look better than most of the 'art' I've seen there.
Posted by Rita at February 11, 2005 07:31 AM
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Now I have that song stuck in my head.
Aaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh!!!
Posted by: Craig at February 11, 2005 08:08 AM
Quite rightly.
*snicker*
Posted by: rita at February 11, 2005 08:28 AM
I blame Duchamp.
Posted by: Keith at February 11, 2005 08:31 AM
Don't we all?
Dada-da-Dada-da. *cymbals crash*
I got a million of 'em.
Posted by: rita at February 11, 2005 08:47 AM
and how much is this wonderful exhibit cost NYC? Or did they get smart and charge Christo this time?
Posted by: Da Goddess at February 11, 2005 10:20 AM
Dunno. I was wondering that myself. Even if they didn't pay Crisco, they're going to have to pay for extra security while the exhibit's up and all that.
Posted by: rita at February 11, 2005 05:06 PM