Christo Künstler Floating Piers

Christo and jeanne claude planned a project based on jeanne claude s idea to surround eleven islands in miami s biscayne bay with 603 850 m 2 6 499 800 sq ft of pink polypropylene floating fabric.

Christo künstler floating piers. A 2016 installation entitled the floating piers consisted of 100 000 sq m of bright yellow fabric floating on polyethylene cubes on lake iseo in sulzano italy. The floating piers christo s latest art project on lake iseo in northern italy was incredibly successful. Künstler christo tot er verhüllte 1995 den berliner reichstag. Christo floating piers project drawing 2014 pencil charcoal and pastel 35 2 x 22 2 cm 13 7 8 x 8 3 4.

Surrounded islands was completed on may 7 1983 with the aid of 430 workers and could be admired for two weeks. Christo and jeanne claude conceived the idea for floating piers in 1970 and in 2014 he visited northern italy and chose lake. A project the duo had first conceived more than 40 years previously. As with all of christo and jeanne claude s projects the floating piers was funded entirely through the sale of.

Christo continued to work after jeanne claude s death creating the floating piers on italy s lake iseo in 2016. It was christo s first large scale project since christo and jeanne claude realized the gates in 2005 and since jeanne claude passed away in 2009. Includes biographical and bibliographical information as well as virtual tours videos and news. Over a million visitors walked on water thanks to these floating pontoons.

Official website of artists christo and jeanne claude. Features photographs and texts about completed projects and works in progress. The floating piers was a temporary site specific work of art by christo and jeanne claude consisting of 70 000 square meters of yellow fabric carried by a modular floating dock system of 226 000 high density polyethylene cubes installed in 2016 at lake iseo near brescia italy the fabric created a walkable surface between sulzano monte isola and the island of san paolo. The floating piers was first conceived by christo and jeanne claude in 1970.