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Christo and Jeanne-Claude - The Gates
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Image size 29x21 cm, paper size 42x32 cm. (hxw).
'The Gates' were a group of gates consisting of a site-specific artwork by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude, collectively known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl gates along 23 miles of pathways in New York City's Central Park. A panel of deep saffron-colored nylon hung from each gate. The exhibition ran from February 12 to February 27, 2005.
In the books and other memorabilia distributed by the artists, the project is called The Gates, Central Park, New York, 1979–2005, referring to the time that passed from the artists' original proposal until they were able to go ahead with it.
The Gates were greeted with mixed reactions. Some people loved them because they brightened the gloomy winter landscape and encouraged late-night pedestrian traffic in Central Park; others hated them and accused them of damaging the landscape. It was seen as an obstacle to cyclists, who felt the fences could cause accidents even though cycling on those paths was not legal. The artists gained much of their national fame as frequent objects of ridicule by David Letterman, but also by Keith Olbermann, whose apartment was nearby.
ConditionExcellentColorsOrange, Blue, Brown, GreyMaterialPaperNumber of items1ArtistsChristoOrientationPortraitArt sizeSmallHeight42 cmWidth32 cm