Christo Vladimirov Javacheff

1935-Present

Valley Curtain12,780 square meters (142,000 square feet) of woven nylon fabric orange Curtain to its moorings at Rifle Gap, 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Rifle

Running Fence200,000 square meters (2,222,222 square feet) of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable strung between 2,050 steel poles (each: 6.4 meters / 21 feet long, 9 centimeters / 3 1/2 inches in diameter) embedded 1 meter (3 feet) into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires (145 kilometers (90 miles) of steel cable) and 14,000 earth anchors.

Running Fence200,000 square meters (2,222,222 square feet) of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable strung between 2,050 steel poles (each: 6.4 meters / 21 feet long, 9 centimeters / 3 1/2 inches in diameter) embedded 1 meter (3 feet) into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires (145 kilometers (90 miles) of steel cable) and 14,000 earth anchors.

Running Fence200,000 square meters (2,222,222 square feet) of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable strung between 2,050 steel poles (each: 6.4 meters / 21 feet long, 9 centimeters / 3 1/2 inches in diameter) embedded 1 meter (3 feet) into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires (145 kilometers (90 miles) of steel cable) and 14,000 earth anchors.

Running Fence200,000 square meters (2,222,222 square feet) of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable strung between 2,050 steel poles (each: 6.4 meters / 21 feet long, 9 centimeters / 3 1/2 inches in diameter) embedded 1 meter (3 feet) into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires (145 kilometers (90 miles) of steel cable) and 14,000 earth anchors.

Wrapped Walkways12,540 square meters (135,000 square feet) of saffron-colored nylon fabric covering 4.4 kilometers (2.7 miles) of formal garden walkways and jogging paths.

Wrapped Walkways

The Pont Neuf Wrapped40,876 square meters (454,178 square feet) of woven polyamide fabric, silky in appearance and golden sandstone in color

The Pont Neuf Wrapped

Iron Curtain4.3 x 3.8 x 1.7 meters (14 x 12.5 x 5.6 feet)240 oil barrels

The Wall26 meters (85 feet) tall and 68 meters (223 feet) wide with a depth of 7.23 meters (24 feet)

The Wall13,000 Oil Barrels26 meters (85 feet) tall and 68 meters (223 feet) wide with a depth of 7.23 meters (24 feet)

Surrounded Islands, Project forBiscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida Drawing 1982 In two parts:38 X 244 cm and 106,6 X 244 cm(15" X 96" and 42" X 96")Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, enamel paintaerial photograph and fabric sample.

Surrounded Islands, Project forBiscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida 6,500,000 square feet of woven polypropylene fabric

Surrounded Islands, Project forBiscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USACollage 1987. In two parts: 30,5 X 77,5 cm, and 66,7 X 77,5 cm (12 x 30-1/2" X 26-1/4 x 30-1/2")Pencil, charcoal, wax crayon, pastel, fabric, pastel and map.

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA1,340 blue umbrellas in Ibaraki, JapanEach umbrella: height: 6 meters (19 ft 8 in), diameter: 8.66 meters (28 ft 6 in). Valley size in Japan: Length: 19 kilometers (12 miles). Width: 4 kilometers (2. 5 miles)

Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA1,760 yellow umbrellas in California. Each umbrella: height: 6 meters (19 ft 8 in), diameter: 8.66 meters (28 ft 6 in). Valley size in USA: Length: 29 kilometers (18 miles). Width: 4 kilometers ( 2. 5 miles)

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA

The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA

Wrapped Reichstag100,000 square meters (1,076,000 square feet) of thick woven polypropylene fabric with an aluminum surface and 15,600 meters (51,181 feet) of blue polypropylene rope, diameter 3.2 cm. (1.25?)

Wrapped Reichstag

Wrapped TreesCollage 1998: 43,2cm X 55,9 cm (17" X 22")Pencil, enamel paint, photograph by Wolfgang Volz,wax crayon, topographic map, fabric sample and tape.

Wrapped Trees

Wrapped Trees178 trees were wrapped with 55,000 square meters (592,034 square feet) of woven polyester fabric and 23.1 kilometers (14.35 miles) of rope.

Wrapped Trees178 trees were wrapped with 55,000 square meters (592,034 square feet) of woven polyester fabric and 23.1 kilometers (14.35 miles) of rope.

Wrapped Trees178 trees were wrapped with 55,000 square meters (592,034 square feet) of woven polyester fabric and 23.1 kilometers (14.35 miles) of rope.

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