After three months of construction work at Paris' famed Arc de Triomphe, the 160-foot-tall war monument has been completely concealed. The landmark, built during Napoleon's reign, has been outfitted in 270,000 square feet of silver-blue polypropylene fabric bound with red ropes.and Jeanne-Claude -- one that finally came into focus this summer.
Christo in his studio in New York City with a preparatory drawing for "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" in 2019.Vladimir Yavachev, Christo's nephew and the project's director of operations who worked with the artist for 30 years, explained that the shimmering color of the fabric and vivid ropes are Christo's"poetic interpretation" of the blue, white and red of the French flag.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped The Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985. Together, they used textiles to transform different environments and interrupt the everyday at a grand scale.The construction for"L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped," which took almost 12 weeks of nearly 24-hour work, was a more intense process than people might think, said Yavachev."It's the perception of a lot of people that we just go there , throw some fabric and put some ropes and that's it," he said.
"I am an artist who is totally irrational, totally irresponsible, completely free," Christo said."Nobody needs my projects," he added."The world can live without these projects. But I need them and my friends ."Anne Burghartz, an engineer on the project, said her team's first task was to interpret the final form that Christo wanted."In his drawings, you can see the shape is not 100% the Arc de Triomphe," she said in a video interview.
To help build the outer structure, technicians used laser technology to survey the monument. The entire Arc de Triomphe was scanned by a drone, producing precise high-resolution images for the engineering team.Wolfgang Volz/Courtesy Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation
Its super ugly and not a piece of art at all! Dont understand how the mayor of the 8th district of Paris could allow this thing
Some will see it as a work of art but where I come from, probably a waste of time & resources.
this is terrible news
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It’s fabric. Again. It’s the same thing over and over and over and over again.
They did it because they couldnt sell that silver fabric.
That seems like time and resources well spent.
A beautiful piece. Christo & Jeanne-Claude had very keen eyes.
16 million? Why why why?
WTF
What the hell?
I know why. I just ordered it on Amazon. Soon they'll be layering cardboard over the top of it for shipping.
Just wrap it up!
Oh no. You finally get to Paris. And you see this? No. I would be very unhappy. It is a gorgeous structure to behold.
$16 million This is ridiculous...
Invading alien army called in design specs. for march. Hmm..I wondered about the non-Newtonian acceleration.
They’re fumigating the roaches.
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