Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Water Projects, edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with con CVJ Corporation, is the title of the catalogue released on the occasion of the exhibition by the same title, opening in Brescia at the Santa Giulia Museum, April 7, 2016.
The catalogue includes Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s realized and not realized large-scale projects from 1961 to 2016. Besides the famous wrapped monuments, from the Kunsthalle in Bern (1967-1968) to the Reichstag in Berlin (1971-1995), the publication also includes the barriers made with barrels or with fabric, fromWall of Oil Barrells – The Iron Curtainin Paris (1961-62) toValley Curtain in Rifle, Colorado (1960-62), the great inflatable objects, from42,390 Cubic Feet Package of Minneapolis(1966) to5600 Cubicmeter Package, Project for documenta IVin Kassel (1967-1968), and the fabric pathways, such asWrapped Walk Waysin Kansas City (1977-1978), or doors, such asThe Gatesin New York (1979-2005).
The sevenWater Projects– Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s installations sharing a connection with water – are considered in further depth. In these projects, fromRunning Fence,SonomaandMarin Counties, California (1972-1976) toOver the River, project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado (1992), the artists worked establishing a close connection with natural, suburban and urban landscapes which all share a relation with water, be it an ocean, a sea, a lake or a river.
Among theWater Projectswe must mentionThe Floating Piers, an installation opening June 18 to July 3, 2016, which will allow visitors to walk across Lake Iseo and along its shores on a 3-kilometre route. By means of modular floating piers covered in shimmering yellow fabric, the installation will link the town of Sulzano on the lake’s shores, to Monte Isola, also reaching the Island of San Paolo.
