Christo and Jean Claude work on a large scale, covering landscapes and monuments with brightly colored fabric with the intent of creating aesthetically jaw dropping works of art that also cause us to see the affected object in a different way.
In the case of Christo and Jean Claude the pure scale of the work they design requires the hands of hundreds of people over hundreds of hours. In a sense this functions in similar fashion to architecture. While these mammoth fabrications are the end results of these artists collaboration with workers and volunteers, the two make their actual money from selling blue prints and sketches that they make during the planning stages of these works. However, these blueprints only contain value because of their association to the large temporary installation pieces. What is highlighted in Christo and Jean Claude's hand not being in the fabrication of their work, is the importance of the concept and our appreciation of beauty. While we appreciate the craft, we appreciate the concept over all.
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