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And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.
Christo
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Artist
Born:
June 13
, 1935
And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.
Christo
New
,
Most
,
Central
It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years.
Christo
Work
,
Partnership
,
Person
We are probably the only artists in the world who have a 2,000-page book on a work of art that doesn't exist. But in this way, these projects reveal their identity through this whole process. When I'm starting, I only have the slightest idea of how the work of art will exist.
Christo
Reveal
,
Through
,
Projects
It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision.
Christo
Very
,
Same Thing
,
Projects
The freedom of every artist is essential.
Christo
Freedom
,
Artist
,
Every
All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.
Christo
Like
,
Projects
,
Precedent
And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, vague idea, and through the years and through the negotiations of getting the permit, you see that every detail is now clarified.
Christo
Through
,
Idea
,
Vague
It appears to be monumental only because it's art.
Christo
Art
,
Only
,
Appears
But the drawings are not created only to be sold.
Christo
Sold
,
Drawings
,
Created
People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create.
Christo
Work
,
Art
,
Think
The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next.
Christo
Next
,
Other
,
Arkansas
We wish to work in total freedom.
Christo
Wish
,
Total Freedom
,
Total
You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer.
Christo
See
,
Lots
,
Drawer
The work of art is a scream of freedom.
Christo
Work
,
Art
,
Freedom
That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever.
Christo
Could
,
Thousand Years
The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.
Christo
Surrounded
,
Other
,
Exception
To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone.
Christo
Freedom
,
Absolute
,
We Cannot
I escaped from my home country, Bulgaria, to Czechoslovakia and then to the West.
Christo
Escaped
,
Czechoslovakia
If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.
Christo
Some
,
Works
,
Symphonies
Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards.
Christo
Postcards
,
Books
,
Royalties
But now, today, we don't know if Over the River is truly the next project to be realized, because something very nice happened to our life in November in New York.
Christo
Next
,
Over
,
Very
Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world.
Christo
War
,
Political
,
Germany
New York is our home.
Christo
New York
,
New
,
York
Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.
Christo
Some
,
How
,
Take
Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian.
Christo
Book
,
Projects
,
Each One
Our work is a scream of freedom.
Christo
Work
,
Freedom
,
Scream
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