Assignment one DSDN 171

Using 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric, Christo and Jeanne-Claude encircled eleven islands in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, extending the perimeter of each island by 200 feet. Evoking hibiscus flowers and flamingos, the vibrant woven polypropylene fabric was sewn to correspond to the contours of each island. Remaining on view for two weeks, the work was visible to the public from the causeways, the land, the water, and the air. I find this so interesting, the way the colours complement each other and it is really a delight to the eye. Another factor that appeals to me is the amount of work and problem solving that would of gone into preparing and exicutiong such a large, fantatic project. This is definetly in the category of sculpture but obviosuly requires a lot of design and careful planning. I was introduced to this about a year ago while doing an art painitng project and this artist was one of my artist references. His way of interpretting colour and form really captured my attention and when thinking about this particular assignment, he was the first artist to pop into my mind as well as this work, and another work he did with umbrellas. I think it is a large job to undergo but they really did well and all the hard work paid off.