Project for the Arkansas River
State of Colorado, USA
Design: 1992
Realisation: 2014
The project seeks to suspend 5.9 miles of gleaming silver-translucent fabric panels above the river interrupted only by existing bridges, trees and rocks to run along 42 miles with sunshine blinking through the gaps and give an artistic vision to those on the US Highway 50 and to rafters, canoers and kayakers underneath for a two week period in the summer.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installations are always paid by themselves, no sponsors involved. In the realization of this project they have invested 19 years and 7 million US dollars so far.
Their breathtaking large scale land-art installations are poetical demonstrations of absolute freedom and irrationality. They are beautiful gifts to the viewers to encourage them to imagine the surrounding environment in a whole new way.
"Our art has absolutely no purpose, except to be a work of art.
We do not give messages."
We do not give messages."
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